skid
To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would…(of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have.
» The car skidded to a stop.
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7 senses(intransitive)(of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have.
(intransitive)To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.
They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street.
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(intransitive, transitive)To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
Don't use excessive rudder when turning, especially at low airspeed, as this causes your plane to skid through the turn, which can cause you to very rapidly enter a spin if the inner wing stalls.
Because of the jammed ailerons, the pilot had to use careful rudder inputs to skid his plane in order to turn it so he could get lined up with the runway.
(transitive)To protect or support with a skid or skids.
apply a brake or skid to
(transitive)To cause to move on skids.
elevate onto skids
(transitive)To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
(Internet)To steal or copy, especially computer code.
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Origin
From Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on whicFrom Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on which something rests”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, clapboard”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey- (“to split, divide, separate”). Cognate with English shide, from Middle English schyd, schyde, schide (“plank, beam”), German Scheit (“piece of wood, log”). Doublet of ski.
Shortened from script kiddie, probably via skiddie.
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skids, skidding, skidded, skiddedSynonyms
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7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle