to skid
3
3.5
- verb
- /skɪd/
:
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- If you don't slow down carefully, your vehicle might skid on the wet pavement.
- skids out of control
- skids to a stop
- skids to a halt
Mountain sized ice slugs bump and skid toward the desert.
- Mountain sized ice slugs bump and skid toward the desert.
- You, you intend just to like stop your car from skidding.
- I I skidded up this, like up the street or down the street, however it goes.
- I'm literally going bat, bat, bat, skidded it, bat bat.
Examples
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The pickup truck arrives at a crossroads and skids to a halt.
Fiction book (1993) -
Back in the alley, the squad car skids to a stop.
Fiction book (1998) -
Instead they could skid, rotating not in their direction of travel.
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A taxi skids to a stop, almost hitting them as they cross the street.
Fiction book (1994) -
A tire blows out as the big bird skids to a stop in front of the terminal.
Fiction book (1992) -
Tommy's Explorer skids to a stop outside the boarding house.
Fiction book (1995) -
Strausz slams on the brakes and skids to a halt.
Fiction book (1996) -
The plane skids right into the hangar, finally stopping at the wings. FBI chopper lands.
Fiction book (1997) -
Sharp and Watts watch helplessly as the shuttle skids toward the boulder.
Fiction book (1998) -
We widen as Fred skids to a halt in the driveway of his three-bedroom ranch cave.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
716
1.0
To move smoothly along a surface
503
2.3
To move quietly and easily, often without being noticed
15
7.6
To slide or turn sideways suddenly, often out of control
1
6.1
To lose control of a vehicle so it spins around
1
4.6
To slide on a wet road when a car's tires lose grip
Compounds
- Specialized
A system in a vehicle that stops the wheels from sliding on wet or icy roads
- Specialized
One of the two long horizontal supports under a helicopter that hold it on the ground
- Slang
A protective helmet people wear when they ride a motorcycle to protect their head
How Uncontrolled
20
7.7
3
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skid comes from an old Scandinavian word for a long piece of wood used to slide heavy things, and it is related to the word ski; so to skid originally meant to 'slide' along those planks and now means to slide, often out of control, on a slippery surface.