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Skid   /skɪd/   Listen
Skid

noun
(Written also skeed)
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.  Synonyms: brake shoe, shoe.
3.
An unexpected slide.  Synonyms: sideslip, slip.
verb
(past & past part. skidded; pres. part. skidding)
1.
Slide without control.
2.
Elevate onto skids.
3.
Apply a brake or skid to.
4.
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.  Synonyms: slew, slide, slip, slue.



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"Skid" Quotes from Famous Books



... and that by the same token it is a good place to look for "my wandering boy tonight." I can believe all this especially on Third street. Third street should be called by some other name or it should have a nickname. If it were in Seattle it would be known as "skid row." Third street doesn't describe it ...
— Vignettes of San Francisco • Almira Bailey
... get. You might think the world would notice a woman's best efforts. No, they all try to crowd her and see her slip. If they don't watch out I'll skid, all right, and with some one they least expect. ...
— Linda Condon • Joseph Hergesheimer
... your boy all his life you could not expect to cross him in his first love affair and get away with it. No, sir-ree! The thing to do is to put the skids under Joey and his lady love before they know you know it. Tell me more about her, however, before I begin making skids and skid grease." ...
— Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne
... had a swerve skid; but as there was plenty of room for eccentricities, nothing happened except that the car tried to ...
— The Grim Smile of the Five Towns • Arnold Bennett
... his search, not daring to ask questions, simply keeping his eyes open for the man. Finally he had been forced to abandon the search when he saw a stereo newscast reporting that the missing cadet, Tom Corbett, had been traced to Skid Row. He decided that it was time to leave Mars and went to the huge main spaceport, hoping to get aboard a ship bound for Earth. But the Space Marines were stationed at every gate, examining each departing passenger carefully, and Tom knew it would be impossible ...
— Sabotage in Space • Carey Rockwell


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