SKID


Meaning of SKID in English

I. ˈskid noun

( -s )

Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skīth stick of wood — more at ski

1. : one of a group of objects (as planks or logs) used to support or elevate a structure or object

commodities which are particularly susceptible to water damage should be on skids, pallets or elevated platforms — National Fire Codes

as

a. : one of a number of beams on which a small ship is constructed or repaired

two landing craft which had come to grief on the coral were in the skids — K.M.Dodson

b. : one of a number of beams on which a boat is elevated above a ship's deck

2. : a wooden fender hung over a ship's side to protect it in handling cargo — usually used in plural

3.

a. : a usually iron shoe or clog attached to a chain and placed under a wheel to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill : drag

b. : a hook attached to a chain and used by catching round a spoke for the same purpose

c. : a brake for a power machine (as a crane)

4. : a timber, bar, rail, pole, or log used in pairs or sets to form a slideway (as for an incline from a truck to the sidewalk) or such a set fastened temporarily or permanently to the bottom of a machine or structure to be slid

gas-turbine power plants … may be mounted on skids and moved from place to place — Modern Industry

specifically : one of the logs forming a skid road

5.

[ skid (II) ]

: the act of skidding : slip , sideslip

6. : a runner used as a member of the landing gear of an airplane or helicopter — see tail skid , wing skid

7. skids plural : a route to defeat, downfall, failure, destruction, or other disastrous situation

a celebrated matador who has been on the skids for some time — New Yorker

will have to put the skids under the pressure-groups who are trying to keep up the price of whatever they have to sell — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin

8.

a. or skid platform : a low platform of wood or metal mounted on wheels, legs, runners, or combinations thereof on which material is mounted for handling and moving (as by a fork truck)

b. : a varying quantity (as no more than 3000 pounds of paper) packed on a skid

II. verb

( skidded ; skidded ; skidding ; skids )

transitive verb

1. : to apply a brake or skid to : slow or halt by a skid

the guard got down to skid the wheel for the descent — Charles Dickens

2.

a. : to drag (logs) from the stump to a landing, skidway, or mill : yard

b. : to haul along or slide on skids

the new span will be skidded to the river by high powered winch equipment over heavily greased rails — Windsor Star (Canada)

c. : to raise, hoist, or store upon skids

contents … should be skidded at least 4 inches above the floor lever — National Fire Codes

d. : to package (as paper) on a skid

3. : to reinforce or repair (a road) with logs or poles

4. : to cause to skid

skidded his car on an icy pavement — F.B.Gipson

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 ; specifically : to slip sideways on the road

the truck skidded on the wet road

b. of an airplane : to slide sidewise away from the center of curvature when turning — compare sideslip

c. : to cross an especially slippery surface without effort or fall or nearly fall through loss of balance : slide , slip

skidding clumsily across the ice — Arthur Knight

both horses skidding in the mud at every step — H.L.Davis

3. : to fall rapidly, steeply, or far

sales of new models have skidded 60 percent — Newsweek

III. noun

: a losing streak

a five-game skid

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.