skid
8
3.1
- noun
- /skɪd/
:
derrape
- Anna stopped fighting the wheel and steered into the skid as if she were on black ice.
- go into a skid
- skid control
- car skid
Examples
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Sort of like a car going into a skid on an icy road.
Fiction book (1998) -
The van lurches wildly, hits a chunk of concrete in the street, skids, fishtailing violently from the impact.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's like you turn into the skid - to avoid the crash? -
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When Lucy hit the brakes, she should not have gone into the sort of skid.
Fiction book (1994) -
When your car is skidding out of control, steer into the skid.
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The Cherokee skids to a halt just short of the fence.
Fiction book (1997) -
Tegan woke up during my last spectacular skid, just as I narrowly avoided sliding the truck into the pond.
Fiction book (1999) -
The car went into a skid on the wet road and almost hit the barrier.
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After the rain, many drivers experienced dangerous skids due to the slick pavement.
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When the bus hit the icy patch, it caused a frightening skid to the left.
Synonyms
8
1.0
An accidental sliding that makes you lose your balance
1
6.7
Loss of grip in a machine part that makes it slide, as when a belt slips on a wheel
1
2.1
A move across a slippery surface that often makes you lose balance
A sudden sideways slide of a car or plane on wet ground
Antonyms
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 Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skid as a noun for a single slide comes from the verb 'to skid', which itself comes from the old word for wooden tracks, so a skid is the event of sliding, for example when a vehicle loses control and slides sideways.