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Synonyms for skid

Grammar : Verb
Spell : skid
Phonetic Transcription : skɪd

Définition of skid

Origin :
  • c.1600, "beam or plank on which something rests," especially on which something heavy can be rolled from place to place (1782), of uncertain origin, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse skið "stick of wood" (see ski (n.)). As "a sliding along" from 1890; specifically of motor vehicles from 1903. Skid-mark is from 1914.
  • In the timber regions of the American West, skids laid down one after another to form a road were "a poor thing for pleasure walks, but admirably adapted for hauling logs on the ground with a minimum of friction" ["Out West" magazine, October 1903]. A skid as something used to facilitate downhill motion led to figurative phrases such as hit the skids "go into rapid decline" (1909), and cf. skid row.
  • verb slide against will
Example sentences :
  • The skid at which he had pointed was loaded with cases of M504 submachine guns.
  • Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
  • Why, man alive, Skid's one of the chaps that's runnin' your old gent's trust.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • Skid he flushes some behind the ears; but he only bows and says he's much obliged.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • They're givin' a farewell dinner dance for her, and Skid is on the list.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • "I'm getting twenty-five a week," says Skid, lookin' him straight between the eyes.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • When the airship came to turn a corner it was apt to “skid.”
  • Extract from : « Historic Inventions » by Rupert S. Holland
  • He looked after the trainmen, then emerged and mounted a skid way.
  • Extract from : « Sudden Jim » by Clarence Budington Kelland
  • Round iron or half-round iron should not be used, as these are liable to skid.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various
  • Still, she need not skid his wheels or put stones in his path.
  • Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan
  • Forgot what I said about checking a skid just now, didn't you?
  • Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings » by Dorothy Wayne

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