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skid verb1. Infl. -dd-. L17.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Apply or fasten a skid or brake to (a wheel); lock or check (a wheel) in this way. L17.
verb intrans. (Of a wheel or a vehicle or its driver etc.) slip or slide after sudden braking, turning, etc.; slip or slide obliquely or sideways on a slippery or loose surface; gen. slip, slide. M19.
V. Canning The car moved off, the wheels skidding a little in the mud. G. Tindall He skidded to a stop. A. Taylor A car skidded on an icy road and hit a child.
b. Aeronautics. Of an aircraft: move sideways, esp. away from the centre of curvature while turning. E20.
c. fig. Fail; err; decline rapidly. colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.). E20.
Boxing Scene From the day his boxing skills fled, Louis' life skidded into hard times. Wall Street Journal U.K. retail sales skidded 1.5% in January.
verb trans. Move on or along skids; pile (logs) on a skidway. L19.
Scientific American When the tower framework is completed, it will be skidded onto a long barge.
verb trans. Cause (a vehicle etc.) to skid; turn (a corner etc.) with a sideways sliding movement. E20.
skidder noun (N. Amer.) a person who or machine which hauls logs along skids to a skidway L19.
skidding noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) timber used as a support or to facilitate movement: M19.
skiddy adjective (of a surface etc.) liable to cause skidding, slippery, loose E20.