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Skid

verb

(past & past part. skidded; pres. part. skidding)

Slide without control.

Elevate onto skids.

Apply a brake or skid to.

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

Words linked to "Skid" : slideway, lift, elevate, raise, side-slip, board, drum brake, brake, brake lining, submarine, constraint, bring up, get up, sloping trough, plank, coast, glide, chute, restraint