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skid

UK/ˈskɪd/ US/ˈskɪd/ uncommon obsolete slang uk
verb (4) noun (3)

verb

1.

slide without control

  • “the car skidded in the curve on the wet road”
2.

elevate onto skids

3.

apply a brake or skid to

4.

move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

  • “the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”
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noun

1.

one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects

2.

a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel''s rotation

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Origin

From Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on which something rests”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, clapboard”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey- (“to split, divide, separate”). Cognate with English shide, from Middle English schyd, schyde, schide (“plank, beam”), German Scheit (“piece of wood, log”). Doublet of ski.

Phrases

  • front-wheel skid
  • hit the skids
  • Murphy-Lane bone skid
  • on the skids
  • skid car
  • skid flip
  • skid lid
  • skid loader
  • skid row

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