skid

7 definitions • 6 examples

(especially of a vehicle) to slide along a surface so that you have no control:

Tony's car skidded on some ice and hit a tree.

a sliding movement that cannot be controlled:

She was riding too fast on a wet road, and the motorbike went into a skid.

one of two long flat pieces under some aircraft, such as helicopters, that help the aircraft to land

a support, often made of wood, for raising heavy objects off the ground or for moving them

(esp. of a vehicle) to slide unintentionally on a surface:

His car skidded on a patch of ice.

fig. Stock prices skidded again today (= they dropped suddenly).

an unintentional sliding movement, esp. of a vehicle:

The roads were slick, and we went into a skid.

fig. They won three games, then went into a skid (= begin to lose frequently).

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