skid mark
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3.2
- noun
- /skɪd mɑrk/
:
marca de frenada
- The police found no skid marks and drew their conclusions.
- leave skid marks
- skid marks on the road
- measure skid marks
We did find a few skid marks on this road.
- We did find a few skid marks on this road.
Examples
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I think the skid marks tell the rest of the story.
Fiction book (2001) -
However, state troopers say there were no other skid marks on the road or witnesses to corroborate his tale.
Blog text (19) -
We did find a few skid marks on this road.
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The skid marks are here, yet the truck's over 100 feet away.
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The state trooper who measured the skid marks estimated it was going under 50.
Academic text (2005) -
Just north of the guardrail, skid marks led across the shoulder and down the embankment.
Blog text (12) -
COUNSEL: The police report says that there were skid marks in the driveway that would indicate you were traveling at more than 30 miles per hour when your car hit the street.
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- Well, the place was still swarming with accident investigators questioning witnesses, measuring skid marks when I left.
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There were no skid marks at the scene of the accident.
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From the looks of these skid marks, whoever was driving sure stopped in a hurry.
Synonyms
468
1.0
A visible line, spot, scratch, or stain on a surface
19
3.0
A long mark left on the road when tires slip
3
1.9
Making a visible sign on a surface like a wall or paper
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a mark left on a surface by a tire sliding' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'skid' (a tire track from sliding) with 'mark' (a visible spot). This straightforward noun+noun composition is common in English and many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun skid mark comes from the black line a car tire makes when it skids across the road and leaves a mark. So, the phrase now means the visible streak left on the road by a tire after sudden braking or when a driver loses control.