skid
verb /skɪd/
/skɪd/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they skid | /skɪd/ /skɪd/ |
| he / she / it skids | /skɪdz/ /skɪdz/ |
| past simple skidded | /ˈskɪdɪd/ /ˈskɪdɪd/ |
| past participle skidded | /ˈskɪdɪd/ /ˈskɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form skidding | /ˈskɪdɪŋ/ /ˈskɪdɪŋ/ |
- (+ adv./prep.) (usually of a vehicle) to slide forward or to one side in a way that shows a loss of control
- The car skidded on the ice and went straight into the wall.
- She could feel they were skidding.
- The taxi skidded to a halt just in time.
- Her foot skidded on the wet floor and she fell heavily.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2- A truck had skidded out of control on the icy road.
- One rider came off as his bike skidded sideways.
- We skidded and slid across the wet cobblestones.
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Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘supporting beam’): perhaps related to Old Norse skíth ‘billet, snowshoe’.
