Skid
verb
To slide without control on a slippery surface like ice or wet road.
The car skidded on the icy road and crashed into a tree.
Often appears as...
- car skidded
- skidded on the road
noun
A sudden sliding movement without control.
There was a long skid mark on the road after the accident.
Often appears as...
- skid mark
- skid on the road
verb
To stop something swiftly.
She skidded to a stop just in time.
Often appears as...
- skidded to a stop
- skidded to a halt
noun
A plank, log, or timber used to support or move heavy objects.
They used skids to move the heavy machinery.
Often appears as...
- on the skids
- skids under the machinery
noun
A situation of decline or deterioration.
His career is on the skids.
Often appears as...
- on the skids
- skid in performance
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To slide without control on a slippery surface like ice or wet road.
The car skidded on the icy road and crashed into a tree.
Often appears as...
- car skidded
- skidded on the road
noun
A sudden sliding movement without control.
There was a long skid mark on the road after the accident.
Often appears as...
- skid mark
- skid on the road
verb
To stop something swiftly.
She skidded to a stop just in time.
Often appears as...
- skidded to a stop
- skidded to a halt
noun
A plank, log, or timber used to support or move heavy objects.
They used skids to move the heavy machinery.
Often appears as...
- on the skids
- skids under the machinery
noun
A situation of decline or deterioration.
His career is on the skids.
Often appears as...
- on the skids
- skid in performance
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Control
Emphasizes loss of traction and control, usually due to external conditions.
During the snowstorm, trucks began to skid across the highway.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Action
Usually sudden and unintended, often leading to potential danger.
The cyclist skidded as the car cut in front unexpectedly.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Cars
Can apply to any moving object, not only vehicles.
He skidded across the icy sidewalk and dropped his groceries.
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Control
Emphasizes loss of traction and control, usually due to external conditions.
During the snowstorm, trucks began to skid across the highway.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Action
Usually sudden and unintended, often leading to potential danger.
The cyclist skidded as the car cut in front unexpectedly.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Cars
Can apply to any moving object, not only vehicles.
He skidded across the icy sidewalk and dropped his groceries.
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Control
Emphasizes loss of traction and control, usually due to external conditions.
During the snowstorm, trucks began to skid across the highway.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Action
Usually sudden and unintended, often leading to potential danger.
The cyclist skidded as the car cut in front unexpectedly.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Cars
Can apply to any moving object, not only vehicles.
He skidded across the icy sidewalk and dropped his groceries.
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We Are What We Eat:...
a bit of rice as well. And corn, which is originally from that part of the world. And they do "slash and burn" agriculture. They burn, they grow right next to their settlement. Also there is a lot of plantain. They eat so much plantain, it's very dangerous because, you know, you're like, "I'm going to skid on that, you know,
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How to Mountain Bike...
talk about regarding trail etiquette always yield to the uphill rider just pull over and let them on by they're climbing and they're working hard you want to be respectful of the trail you don't want to be skidding all over the place or cutting corners or anything like that stay on the trail keep a
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Leopard Seals Play With...
is just zipping around behind it and eventually the adult just flies out of the water towards the rocks probably launches itself five to ten meters uh through the air skids up onto the rocks runs into a rock and sort of shakes itself off and it's fine and
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How to decarbonize the...
and replace them with a brand new wind or solar farm than just pay the operating costs of that coal plant. So what's going to get stranded next? This is an important question. I think natural gas is next. It's already skidding along at low prices.
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The history of human...
Or maybe you felt all of these things. There are some emotions which wash the world in a single color, like the terror felt as a car skids. But more often, our emotions crowd and jostle together until it is actually quite hard to tell them apart.
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Depressed dogs, cats...
over the skids, and he was givena service dog named Gander, a labradoodle, to help him with PTSD and his fear of heights. This is them actually on the first day that they met, which is amazing, and since then, they've spent a lot of time together
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Solving the puzzle of...
are exposed to water, they will react violently and skid across the surface of the water with sparks. The scientists then realized that these similiarities are no elements belong to families that share similar properties.
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
today I can see little ripples here and there one of their little boatman or just riders skidding across the water definitely some little midges or flies or sorters or black specks that you can see on the top of the water
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The Best Dogs of BBC...
dogs start barking and skid do they scare off most times dogs like Lola bark as soon as they get a whiff of a beer this gives the researchers time to come out with a flare gun and scare it off
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Icy Roads Ahead PIPE...
so imagine how terrifying it must be for this trucker when he hits his brakes and just keeps going now jump inside the cab and take the wheel would you know how to survive this icy skid
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We Are What We Eat:...
a bit of rice as well. And corn, which is originally from that part of the world. And they do "slash and burn" agriculture. They burn, they grow right next to their settlement. Also there is a lot of plantain. They eat so much plantain, it's very dangerous because, you know, you're like, "I'm going to skid on that, you know,
Video examples
How to Mountain Bike...
talk about regarding trail etiquette always yield to the uphill rider just pull over and let them on by they're climbing and they're working hard you want to be respectful of the trail you don't want to be skidding all over the place or cutting corners or anything like that stay on the trail keep a
Video examples
Leopard Seals Play With...
is just zipping around behind it and eventually the adult just flies out of the water towards the rocks probably launches itself five to ten meters uh through the air skids up onto the rocks runs into a rock and sort of shakes itself off and it's fine and
Video examples
How to decarbonize the...
and replace them with a brand new wind or solar farm than just pay the operating costs of that coal plant. So what's going to get stranded next? This is an important question. I think natural gas is next. It's already skidding along at low prices.
Video examples
The history of human...
Or maybe you felt all of these things. There are some emotions which wash the world in a single color, like the terror felt as a car skids. But more often, our emotions crowd and jostle together until it is actually quite hard to tell them apart.
Video examples
Depressed dogs, cats...
over the skids, and he was givena service dog named Gander, a labradoodle, to help him with PTSD and his fear of heights. This is them actually on the first day that they met, which is amazing, and since then, they've spent a lot of time together
Video examples
Solving the puzzle of...
are exposed to water, they will react violently and skid across the surface of the water with sparks. The scientists then realized that these similiarities are no elements belong to families that share similar properties.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
today I can see little ripples here and there one of their little boatman or just riders skidding across the water definitely some little midges or flies or sorters or black specks that you can see on the top of the water
Video examples
The Best Dogs of BBC...
dogs start barking and skid do they scare off most times dogs like Lola bark as soon as they get a whiff of a beer this gives the researchers time to come out with a flare gun and scare it off
Video examples
Icy Roads Ahead PIPE...
so imagine how terrifying it must be for this trucker when he hits his brakes and just keeps going now jump inside the cab and take the wheel would you know how to survive this icy skid
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Quote examples
Kurt Maflin
English Celebrity
I was driving in Norway and found myself on pure ice. I lightly pressed the brakes but I still started skidding. The car spun round and round and collided head on with another car coming in the other direction. There was a five or ten-second period where I blacked out.
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Mike Nichols
German Director
Directing is mystifying. It's a long, long, skid on an icy road, and you do the best you can trying to stay on the road... If you're still here when you come out of the spin, it's a relief. But you've got to have the terror if you're going to do anything worthwhile.
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Rick Mercer
Canadian Comedian
On my job I end up jumping out of planes. Last week I got in an 18-wheeler and drove down a runway onto a skid track. The week before that they put me in a car and sunk me to the bottom of a lake to see if I could escape without an oxygen tank.
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Frederick Banting
Canadian Scientist
I looked at one little print for a long time. It was called 'The Landing.' It showed men tugging on a rope, pulling a boat up onto skids out of the water. The thought occurred to me that I might paint such a picture.
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Jim Carrey
Canadian Comedian
My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.
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Patrick Murray
British Actor
The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
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Pras Michel
Haitian Musician
When I was leaving I kind of felt a little bit sad, because I made some friends down in skid row.
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Isa Guha
English Celebrity
People say that because I'm short I get a lot more skid off the pitch.
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Eddie Trunk
American Entertainer
Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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Kurt Maflin
English Celebrity
I was driving in Norway and found myself on pure ice. I lightly pressed the brakes but I still started skidding. The car spun round and round and collided head on with another car coming in the other direction. There was a five or ten-second period where I blacked out.
Quote examples
Mike Nichols
German Director
Directing is mystifying. It's a long, long, skid on an icy road, and you do the best you can trying to stay on the road... If you're still here when you come out of the spin, it's a relief. But you've got to have the terror if you're going to do anything worthwhile.
Quote examples
Rick Mercer
Canadian Comedian
On my job I end up jumping out of planes. Last week I got in an 18-wheeler and drove down a runway onto a skid track. The week before that they put me in a car and sunk me to the bottom of a lake to see if I could escape without an oxygen tank.
Quote examples
Frederick Banting
Canadian Scientist
I looked at one little print for a long time. It was called 'The Landing.' It showed men tugging on a rope, pulling a boat up onto skids out of the water. The thought occurred to me that I might paint such a picture.
Quote examples
Jim Carrey
Canadian Comedian
My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.
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Patrick Murray
British Actor
The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
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Pras Michel
Haitian Musician
When I was leaving I kind of felt a little bit sad, because I made some friends down in skid row.
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Isa Guha
English Celebrity
People say that because I'm short I get a lot more skid off the pitch.
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Eddie Trunk
American Entertainer
Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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