skid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
  2. noun a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
    shoe; brake shoe.
  3. noun an unexpected slide
    slip; sideslip.
  4. verb slide without control
    • the car skidded in the curve on the wet road
  5. verb elevate onto skids
  6. verb apply a brake or skid to
  7. verb move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
    slew; slide; slip; slue.
    • the wheels skidded against the sidewalk

WordNet

Skid noun
Etymology
Icel. ski a billet of wood. See Shide.
Definitions
  1. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.
  2. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. Specifically: (a) pl. (Naut.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. Totten. (b) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling. (c) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc. a small platform, typically of two layers, having a space between the layers into which the fork of a fork lift can be inserted; used to conveniently transport heavy objects by means of a fork lift.
Skid transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Skidded ; present participle & verbal noun Skidding
Definitions
  1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
  2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. Dickens.

Webster 1913