Skid

Noun

 * 1) An out of control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
 * Just before hitting the guardrail the driver was able to regain control and pull out of the skid.
 * 1) A runner of a sled.
 * In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey.
 * 1) A ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.
 * Due to frequent arctic travel, the plane was equiped with long skids for snow and ice landings.
 * 1) A basic form of a wood or plastic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into pallet.
 * He unloaded six skids of boxes from the truck.

Derived terms

 * on the skids
 * skid mark

Verb

 * 1)  To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
 * They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street.

Thesaurus
avalanche, bank, coast, crab, dip, drop, edge, fall, feather, fishtail, flit, flow, fly, glide, glissade, glissando, go crabwise, go sideways, ice-skate, landslide, landslip, lateral, lateralize, loop, make leeway, nose-dive, plow, plunge, porpoise, pull out, pull up, push down, roll, roller-skate, sail, sheer, sideslip, sidestep, sidle, skate, skateboard, skew, ski, skim, sled, sleigh, slidder, slide, slide down, slip, slippage, slither, slue, slur, snowslide, snowslip, spin, spiral, stunt, subsidence, sweep, toboggan, tumble, undulate, veer, yaw

Noun

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 * Italian:
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 * Spanish: resbalón


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Verb

 * Bosnian: proklizati
 * Czech: dostat smyk, smýkat
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:


 * German: (weg-)rutschen, schleudern (in case of a car)
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Anagrams

 * disk
 * kids