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Skid

verb

(past & past part. skidded; pres. part. skidding)

Slide without control.

Elevate onto skids.

Apply a brake or skid to.

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. Synonyms: slew, slide, slip, slue.

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"Skid" Quotes from Famous Books

... on each side of the skid-beams leading from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, and peculiar to deep-waisted ships, for the convenience of walking expeditiously fore and aft; it is fenced on the outside by iron stanchions and ropes, ...

— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

... wet street— The tire with a thousand claws will hold you. Stop as quickly as you will— Those thousand claws grip the road like a vise. Turn as sharply as you will— Those thousand claws take a steel-prong grip on the road to prevent a side skid. You're safe—safer than anything else will make you— Safe as you would be on a perfectly dry street. And those thousand claws are ...

— Something Else Again • Franklin P. Adams

Words linked to "Skid" : brake lining, constraint, board, sloping trough, chute, bring up, skidder, plank, submarine, lift, coast, get up, drum brake, brake, slideway, elevate, raise, glide, side-slip, restraint