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skid
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- pronunciation:
- skId
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a sudden sliding, often sideways, of a vehicle without the wheels turning.
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| definition 2: |
a plank, log, or bar on which heavy objects can be rolled or slid.
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| definition 3: |
a low, usu. wooden platform for supporting and moving heavy objects, as with a forklift truck.
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| definition 4: |
(usu. pl.) a runner used as part of the landing gear of certain aircraft.
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| definition 5: |
(pl.) a downward way to failure or ruin.
His career is on the skids. |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
skids, skidding, skidded |
| definition: |
to slide suddenly, often sideways, as a vehicle that has lost traction.
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| related words: |
slide, slip |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to use a skid to convey or support.
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| definition 2: |
to direct the course of by going into a skid.
The driver skidded the bus around a corner. |
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