skid

²skid

verb

skid·dedskid·ding

Definition of SKID

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 skids

intransitive 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>

Examples of SKID

1. The truck skidded on the icy road.
2. The car skidded off the road and into the gully.
3. He slammed on the brakes, and the car skidded to a halt.
4. I skidded on the ice and fell.

First Known Use of SKID

1674

Related to SKID

Synonyms: crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dive, fall, lower, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, drop, tumble

Antonyms: arise, ascend, lift, mount, rise, soar, spike, up

Related Words: abate, decrease, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, droop, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, moderate, subside, taper off, wane; recede, retreat

Near Antonyms: accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mushroom, pick up, snowball, swell, wax

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