skid
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
skids;
skidded;
skidding
skids;
skidded;
skidding
Britannica Dictionary definition of SKID
[no object]
:
to slide along a road or other surface in an uncontrolled way
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The truck skidded on/across the icy road.
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The car skidded off the road and into the gully.
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He slammed on the brakes, and the car skidded to a halt.
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I skidded on the ice and fell.
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skid
/ˈskɪd/
noun
plural
skids
2
skid
/ˈskɪd/
noun
plural
skids
Britannica Dictionary definition of SKID
[count]
1
:
a sudden, uncontrolled sliding movement
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The car hit a patch of ice and went into a skid.
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The police measured the skid marks [=marks made by a skidding vehicle] on the road.
2
:
one of a pair of long narrow parts on which a helicopter or airplane rests
— usually plural
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the skids of a helicopter
3
US, sports
:
a series of losses that happen one after the other
:
a losing streak
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This victory ends a five-game skid.
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hit the skids
informal
:
to begin to fail or get worse very suddenly and quickly
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After he was injured his career hit the skids.
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The stock market has hit the skids.
on the skids
informal
:
failing or getting worse
:
in a bad state or situation that is likely to result in failure
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The company is on the skids.
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Her marriage was on the skids.
put the skids under
British, informal
:
to make (something or someone) likely or certain to fail
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He scored the goal that put the skids under our hopes for victory.
