skidverb [ I ]
uk/skɪd/us/skɪd/-dd-(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.
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On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- blowout
- car crash
- collide
- collision
- crash
- crash-land
- fender bender
- head-on
- jackknife
- knock
- overshoot
- plough
- rear-end
- road toll
- run (sth) down
- run sb/sth over
- sideswipe
- stack up
- wipe
- write-off
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skidnoun [ C ]
uk/skɪd/us/skɪd/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
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On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- blowout
- car crash
- collide
- collision
- crash
- crash-land
- fender bender
- head-on
- jackknife
- knock
- overshoot
- plough
- rear-end
- road toll
- run (sth) down
- run sb/sth over
- sideswipe
- stack up
- wipe
- write-off
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
Air travel: parts of aeroplanes
Physical supports and supporting
Idiom(s)
on skid row
be on the skids
put the skids under sth