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skid

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1. skid - Noun

2. skid - Verb

Meaning

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.

A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.

Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.

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.

One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.

To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.

To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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the wheels skidded against the sidewalk Source: Internet

the car skidded in the curve on the wet road Source: Internet

Advanced players will often apply back spin to a drop shot, causing the ball to "skid" upon landing and bounce sideways, with less forward momentum toward their opponent, or even backwards towards the net, thus making it even more difficult to return. Source: Internet

Cody Garbrandt was on a three-fight losing skid heading into UFC 250. The former UFC bantamweight champion had slid to No. 9 in the rankings following his three knockout losses. Source: Internet

BERKELEY, Calif. — Mikayla Pivec scored 24 points on 10-of-17 shooting and No. 15 Oregon State beat California 76-63 on Sunday to snap a four-game losing streak — its longest skid since February of 2013. Source: Internet

Bukowski provided narration for a 1990 TV documentary movie called "The Best Hotel on Skid Row", about life on Los Angeles' skid row in the early '90s. Source: Internet

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