'SKID' definitions:

Definition of 'skid'

From: WordNet
noun
One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
noun
A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation [syn: brake shoe, shoe, skid]
noun
An unexpected slide [syn: skid, slip, sideslip]
verb
Slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
verb
Elevate onto skids
verb
Apply a brake or skid to
verb
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]

Definition of 'Skid'

From: GCIDE
  • Skid \Skid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skidded; p. pr. & vb. n. Skidding.]
  • 1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Forestry) To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Skid'

From: GCIDE
  • Skid \Skid\ (sk[i^]d), n. [Icel. sk[imac][eth] a billet of wood. See Shide.] [Written also skeed.]
  • 1. 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; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. Specifically: (a) pl. (Naut.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. --Totten. (b) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling. (c) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Aeronautics) A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 4. A low movable platform for supporting heavy items to be transported, typically of two layers, and having a space between the layers into which the fork of a fork lift can be inserted; it is used to conveniently transport heavy objects by means of a fork lift; -- a skid without wheels is the same as a pallet. [PJC]
  • 5. pl. Declining fortunes; a movement toward defeat or downfall; -- used mostly in the phrase
  • on the skids and
  • hit the skids. [PJC]
  • 6. [From the v.] Act of skidding; -- called also side slip. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Skid'

From: GCIDE
  • Skid \Skid\, v. i.
  • 1. To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or automobile. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Synonyms of 'skid'

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Acronyms for 'SKID'

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