noun · verb · 27 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈskɪd/
[ˈskɪd]
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rhymes with -ɪd
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonyms: wheelslide, sideslip
Just before hitting the guardrail the driver regained control and pulled out of the skid.
The brakes grabbed and the car went into a skid.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skidding, wheelslide, sideslip
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drag, skidpan
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
A runner of a sled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Due to frequent arctic travel, the plane was equipped with long skids for snow and ice landings.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He unloaded six skids of boxes from the truck.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
A pallet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Don't use excessive rudder when turning, especially at low airspeed, as this causes your plane to skid through the turn, which can cause you to very rapidly enter a spin if the inner wing stalls.
Because of the jammed ailerons, the pilot had to use careful rudder inputs to skid his plane in order to turn it so he could get lined up with the runway.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
17
verb
Meaning 17
To protect or support with a skid or skids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
18
verb
Meaning 18
To cause to move on skids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
19
verb
Meaning 19
To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
20
verb
Meaning 20
To steal or copy, especially computer code.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
21
noun
Meaning 21
an unexpected slide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slip, sideslip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slide, glide, coast
22
noun
Meaning 22
a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brake shoe, shoe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restraint, constraint
23
noun
Meaning 23
one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: board, plank
24
verb
Meaning 24
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slip, slue, slew, slide
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: glide
Narrower terms: submarine, skid, side-slip
25
verb
Meaning 25
slide without control
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the car skidded in the curve on the wet road
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide
26
verb
Meaning 26
apply a brake or skid to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brake
27
verb
Meaning 27
elevate onto skids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
History
Etymology
From Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on which something rests”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, clapboard”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey- (“to split, divide, separate”). Cognate with English shide, from Middle English schyd, schyde, schide (“plank, beam”), German Scheit (“piece of wood, log”). Doublet of ski.
Shortening of stepkid.
Shortened from script kiddie, probably via skiddie.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
занасяне
(zanasjane)
— out of control sliding motion
Bulgarian:
буксуване
(buksuvane)
— out of control sliding motion
Catalan:
derrapatge
— out of control sliding motion
Catalan:
derrapada
— out of control sliding motion
Catalan:
patinada
— out of control sliding motion
Czech:
smyk
— out of control sliding motion
Dutch:
slip
— out of control sliding motion
Finnish:
luisu
— out of control sliding motion
Finnish:
liirto
— out of control sliding motion
Finnish:
liuku
— out of control sliding motion
Finnish:
luisto
— out of control sliding motion
French:
dérapage
— out of control sliding motion
German:
Schleudern
— out of control sliding motion
Greek:
ολίσθηση
(olísthisi)
— out of control sliding motion
Greek:
γλίστρημα
(glístrima)
— out of control sliding motion
Italian:
derapata
— out of control sliding motion
Persian:
بکسوات
(boksovât)
— out of control sliding motion
Portuguese:
derrapagem
— out of control sliding motion
Russian:
зано́с
(zanós)
— out of control sliding motion
Russian:
юз
(juz)
— out of control sliding motion
Russian:
скольже́ние
(skolʹžénije)
— out of control sliding motion
Russian:
боково́е скольже́ние
(bokovóje skolʹžénije)
— out of control sliding motion
Spanish:
derrape
— out of control sliding motion
Spanish:
patinazo
— out of control sliding motion
Spanish:
resbalón
— out of control sliding motion
Spanish:
derrapada
— out of control sliding motion
Spanish:
desliz
— out of control sliding motion
Swedish:
sladd
— out of control sliding motion
Bulgarian:
плаз
(plaz)
— runner of a sled
Finnish:
jalas
— runner of a sled
German:
Kufe
— runner of a sled
Māori:
panunu
— runner of a sled
Māori:
neke
— runner of a sled
Russian:
по́лоз
(póloz)
— runner of a sled
Swedish:
mede
— runner of a sled
Czech:
ližina
— ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft
Finnish:
jalas
— ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft
Finnish:
suksi
— ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft
German:
Kufe
— ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft
Māori:
neke
— ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft
Russian:
по́лоз
(póloz)
— ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft
Russian:
сала́зки
(salázki)
— ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft
Russian:
рельс
(relʹs)
— ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft
Spanish:
patín de aterrizaje
— ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft
Finnish:
lava
— basic form of platform
Spanish:
tarima
— basic form of platform
Bulgarian:
занасям се
(zanasjam se)
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Catalan:
derrapar
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Catalan:
lliscar
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Catalan:
patinar
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Czech:
dostat smyk
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Czech:
smýkat
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Dutch:
slippen
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Finnish:
luisua
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Finnish:
liirtää
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Finnish:
liirata
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Finnish:
liukua
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Finnish:
sutia
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
French:
déraper
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Galician:
derrapar
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
German:
(weg-)rutschen
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
German:
schleudern
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Greek:
ολισθαίνω
(olisthaíno)
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Greek:
γλιστρώ
(glistró)
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Italian:
derapare
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Italian:
sbandare
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Māori:
paheke
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Māori:
mania
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Persian:
شکوخیدن
(šekuxidan)
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Portuguese:
derrapar
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Russian:
скользи́ть
(skolʹzítʹ)
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Serbo-Croatian:
proklizati
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Spanish:
resbalar
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Spanish:
patinar
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Spanish:
derrapar
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Spanish:
culear
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Spanish:
deslizarse
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Swedish:
slira
— to slide in an uncontrolled manner