skid

[[t]skɪd[/t]]

n. v. skid•ded, skid•ding

1) bui a plank, bar, log, or the like, esp. one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along

2) a low mobile platform on which goods are placed for ease in handling, moving, etc

3) bui a plank, log, low platform, etc., on or by which a load is supported

4) a shoe or some other choke or drag for preventing the wheel of a vehicle from rotating, as when descending a hill

5) cvb an unexpected or uncontrollable slide on a smooth surface, esp. an oblique or wavering veer by a vehicle or its tires

6) to place on or slide along a skid

7) cvb to check the motion of with a skid:

She skidded her skates to a stop[/ex]

8) cvb to cause to go into a skid:

to skid the car into a turn[/ex]

9) to slide along without rotating, as a wheel to which a brake has been applied

10) to slip or slide sideways, as an automobile in turning a corner rapidly

11) to slide forward under the force of momentum after being braked, as a vehicle

12) aer. (of an airplane when not banked sufficiently) to slide sideways, away from the center of the curve described in turning

Compare slip I, 11)

13) to slip or slide; lose traction:

feet skidding on icy pavement[/ex]

14) to falter or fail; decline

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- the skids

Etymology: 1600–10; appar. ult. < ON skīth; see ski skid′ding•ly, adv.