How to pronounce “skid”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
• A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill.
• (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
• A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
• (aviation) A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
• (sports) A losing streak.
• [Verb]
• (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.
• (intransitive, transitive, aviation) To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
• (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
• (transitive) To cause to move on skids.
• (transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.

Practice Nearby Words

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