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Definition of Skid
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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. Related Definitions:
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Skid Quotations
I do Skid Row every night. Sebastian Bach 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 One of my friends is Snake from Skid Row. Steve Brown |
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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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