skid

CEFRB2

/ˈskɪd/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To slide sideways without control.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.

Examples

  • My car went into a skid on the bend.

  • To some extent, you can control the car in a skid.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. 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.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.

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

More examples

In context

  • causing the front wheels to skid.

  • In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey.

  • Just before hitting the guardrail the driver was able to regain control and pull out of the skid.

Synonyms

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Due to the black ice, the car suddenly began to blank sideways across the highway.

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Origin

verb

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.