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The Meaning of skid

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
  • (n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
  • (v. t.) To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
  • (v. t.) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.

Synonyms

brake shoe , shoe , slip , sideslip , slip , slue , slew , slide

Rhymes

adid , amid , bid , cid , counterbid , cyd , did , eyelid , forbid , good , grid , hid , id , ihde , katydid , kid , kidd , kidde , kyd , lid , madrid , majid , mid , outbid , quid , rebid , redid , rid , sayed , schmid , sid , slid , smid , squid , stidd , syd , tidd , underbid , undid