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| —vb , skids, skidding, skidded | |
| 1. | to cause (a vehicle) to slide sideways or (of a vehicle) to slide sideways while in motion, esp out of control |
| 2. | (intr) to slide without revolving, as the wheel of a moving vehicle after sudden braking |
| 3. | (US), (Canadian) (tr) to put or haul on a skid, esp along a special track |
| 4. | to cause (an aircraft) to slide sideways away from the centre of a turn when insufficiently banked or (of an aircraft) to slide in this manner |
| —n | |
| 5. | an instance of sliding, esp sideways |
| 6. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) one of the logs forming a skidway |
| 7. | a support on which heavy objects may be stored and moved short distances by sliding |
| 8. | a shoe or drag used to apply pressure to the metal rim of a wheel to act as a brake |
| 9. | on the skids in decline or about to fail |
| [C17: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare | |
| 'skiddy | |
| —adj | |
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