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"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"verbmove obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled mannertype of:
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nounan unexpected slide
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nouna restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
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verbapply a brake or skid totype of:
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verbelevate onto skids
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nounone of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
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"the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"verbslide without control
Definition that contains skid
- skid elevate onto skids
- skid apply a brake or skid to
- nonskid designed to reduce or prevent skidding
- yard donkey a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
- nonslippery not slippery; not likely to slip or skid
- yarder a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
- skidder a worker who uses a skid to move logs
- skidpan a paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them