Main Entry: ²skid

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): skid·ded; skid·ding

Date: 1674

transitive verb 1 : to apply a brake or skid to : slow or halt by a skid
2 a : to haul (as logs) by dragging <cutting and skidding firewood> b : to haul along, slide, hoist, or store on skidsintransitive verb 1 : to slide without rotating (as a wheel held from turning while a vehicle moves onward)
2 a : to fail to grip the roadway; especially : to slip sideways on the road b of an airplane : to slide sideways away from the center of curvature when turning c : slide, slip
3 : to fall rapidly, steeply, or far <sales skidded last year>