Definition of Skid

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Definition of Skid

Skid

A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing.

Act of skidding; -- called also side slip.

To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.

To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or automobile.

To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.

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.

A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.

Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.

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.

One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.

To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.

To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.

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Skid Quotations

I do Skid Row every night.
Sebastian Bach

One of my friends is Snake from Skid Row.
Steve Brown

When I was leaving I kind of felt a little bit sad, because I made some friends down in skid row.
Pras Michel

The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
Patrick Murray

Skid Translations

skid in Danish is glide ud
skid in Dutch is uitglijden, slippen
skid in German is Hemmschuh, rutschen, Talfahrt, schleudern
skid in Italian is discesa a valle, avventare
skid in Portuguese is patim
skid in Spanish is arrojar
skid in Swedish is slira, bromsa

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