skid
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sports
Etymology: From 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.
Inflected forms:
form: skids
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: skids
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: skidding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: skidded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: skidded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonyms: wheelslide, sideslip
Just before hitting the guardrail the driver was able to regain control and pull out of the skid.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
pos: noun
examples: In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey.
gloss: A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
pos: noun
examples: Due to frequent arctic travel, the plane was equipped with long skids for snow and ice landings.
gloss: A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
pos: noun
examples: He unloaded six skids of boxes from the truck.
gloss: A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
pos: noun
gloss: A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
pos: noun
examples: His head was away up in the shadows of lifeboats that stood on skids above the deck.
If the boat had been further out, we could not get to work at the wheel without beaching her further up; or either dry docking her or putting her on skids.
gloss: A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
pos: noun
gloss: A losing streak.
pos: noun
examples: The team snapped a 3-game skid with a win over their biggest rival.
gloss: (of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street.
gloss: To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To protect or support with a skid or skids.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To cause to move on skids.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The horses stopped to breathe again, and the guard got down to skid the wheel for the descent, and open the coach-door to let the passengers in
Derived words: antiskid
front-wheel skid
hit the skids
Murphy-Lane bone skid
non-skid
on the skids
skid car
skidder
skid flip
skid lid
skid loader
skidmark
skid mark
skidpad
skidplate
skidproof
skid road
skidsteer
skid trail
skidway
tailskid
tail-skid
nonskid
nonskidding
skiddingly
skiddles
skiddy
skid row
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