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Skid   /skɪd/   Listen
Skid

verb
(past & past part. skidded; pres. part. skidding)
1.
Slide without control.
2.
Elevate onto skids.
3.
Apply a brake or skid to.
4.
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.  Synonyms: slew, slide, slip, slue.



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"Skid" Quotes from Famous Books



... on each side of the skid-beams leading from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, and peculiar to deep-waisted ships, for the convenience of walking expeditiously fore and aft; it is fenced on the outside by iron stanchions and ropes, ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

... wet street— The tire with a thousand claws will hold you. Stop as quickly as you will— Those thousand claws grip the road like a vise. Turn as sharply as you will— Those thousand claws take a steel-prong grip on the road to prevent a side skid. You're safe—safer than anything else will make you— Safe as you would be on a perfectly dry street. And those thousand claws are ...
— Something Else Again • Franklin P. Adams



Words linked to "Skid" :   brake lining, constraint, board, sloping trough, chute, bring up, skidder, plank, submarine, lift, coast, get up, drum brake, brake, slideway, elevate, raise, glide, side-slip, restraint



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