SKIDDING Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

skidding

verb

present participle of skid

as in falling

to go to a lower level especially abruptly the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away

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Recent Examples of skidding The 24-year-old Italian was mixing woeful drop shots with regulation misses (Sinner made 54 unforced errors in the first three sets) against Kecmanović, who was serving brilliantly and skidding the ball through the court. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 29 June 2026 While the artificial intelligence chipmaker is up about 12% in 2026, shares have been skidding in the past month, losing roughly 3%. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 22 June 2026 Quick turns can result in tires skidding and damaging the turf. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2026 Braxton Ashcraft struck out 11 in six innings, Ryan O'Hearn and Nick Gonzales homered, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the skidding Minnesota Twins 9-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. — CBS News, 31 May 2026 Braxton Ashcraft struck out 11 in six innings, Ryan O’Hearn and Nick Gonzales homered, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the skidding Minnesota Twins 9-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. — ABC News, 31 May 2026 The driver seemingly spots the student and attempts to brake, skidding into the grass to the right of the bus and striking Abby. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026 Five cars heading straight for us, skidding and swerving in crazy figure eights. — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026 For now, all eyes turn to the skidding Mets, who own one of baseball’s most expensive payrolls and worst records. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for skidding

Verb

Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Snow rooms, enclosed caverns of ice and snow, sometimes incorporating gently falling flakes, are the latest at-home flex for some of the world’s wealthiest, according to the New York Times.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026

Definition of falling

Verb

The pickup appeared to veer off the roadway before tumbling down the mountainside and eventually coming to rest at the bottom of the cliff, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
Something, oh, like a roly-poly, 73-year-old manager tumbling ass over teakettle, as the old-timers say, when a bat thrown by Vladimir Guerrero clipped his left hip.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of tumbling

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Kindergarten enrolment has been plunging for years, with the number of registrations falling by a quarter just between 2020 and 2024.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Investors will also have a look at IBM’s quarterly numbers, after the legacy tech giant posted preliminary figures that sent the stock plunging .

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 19 July 2026

Definition of plunging

Verb

Perhaps not for the fainthearted, this involves being gently slapped with oak branches in the sauna before dipping into a bracing cold plunge (rinse and repeat).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026
More footage shot inside the disco shows the Real Madrid hunk grabbing Exposito, dipping her down and giving her a big kiss in front of everyone.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of dipping

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As wildfires burn millions of acres across Canada, smoke has descended upon cities across the United States, with air quality plummeting to unhealthy levels.

— Rebecca Florsheim, STAT, 17 July 2026
The incentives ended in September, and EV sales spiked to roughly 10% of all vehicles sold that month before plummeting later in the year.

— Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of plummeting

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When first responders arrived, some people were in the water, others were on the sinking boat, and others were falling into the water, Crispen said.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 15 July 2026
Des Jardins is looking for atmospheric gravity waves, which are essentially ripples of rising and sinking air in the atmosphere.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

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