SKID ROW

Meaning of SKID ROW in English

■ noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. a run-down part of a town frequented by vagrants and alcoholics.

Origin

1930s: alt. of skid road .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SKID ROW — noun Etymology: alteration of skid road Date: circa 1931 a district of cheap saloons and flophouses frequented by vagrants and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SKID ROW — noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by row ) of skid road : a district of cheap saloons, beaneries, flophouses, and employment …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKID ROW — /roh/ an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants. Also called Skid Road . [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKID ROW — poor neighborhood, poverty-stricken area (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKID ROW — noun Etymology: alteration of skid road Date: circa 1931 : a district of cheap saloons and flophouses frequented by vagrants …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKID ROW — Pronunciation: - ' r ō Function: noun Etymology: alteration of skid road Date: circa 1931 : a district of cheap …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKID ROW — [skid row] n [alter. of skid road] (ca. 1931): a district of cheap saloons and flophouses frequented by vagrants and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKID ROW — noun [ U ] ( informal , especially NAmE ) used to describe the poorest part of a town, the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID ROW — skid row BrE AmE , Skid Row /ˌskɪd ˈrəʊ $ -ˈroʊ/ noun 1 . be on skid row informal if …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKID ROW — see skid row
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID ROW — also Skid Row You can refer to the poorest part of town, where drunks and homeless people live, as skid …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID ROW — see skid row
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SKID ROW — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And if you want the best stand-up comedy available for a dollar, try a speaker …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKID ROW — Synonyms and related words : Bowery, Chinatown, East End, East Side, Little Hungary, Little Italy, West End, West Side, barrio, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKID ROW — {n.} The poor part of a city where men live who have no jobs and drink too much liquor. * …
Slang English vocab
SKID ROW — Function: noun a city street or district notorious for cheap bars, flophouses, and homeless derelicts FF1C; boozy old men wandering …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SKID ROW — noun a city street or district notorious for cheap bars, flophouses, and homeless derelicts boozy old men wandering the skid …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKID ROW — n (sl) skid road q.v.
Dirty English-Russian vocab
SKID ROW — see row I 3
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SKID ROW — {n.} The poor part of a city where men live who have no jobs and drink too much liquor. * …
Словарь английских идиом
SKID ROW — area of a city where many people live who have no money and drink a lot of alcohol The skid …
English Idioms vocab
SKID ROW — n. The poor part of a city where men live who have no jobs and drink too much liquor. That …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SKID ROW — (американизм) район притонов и ночлежек; улица бродяг и пьяниц, "дно"
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKID ROW — амер. район притонов и ночлежек; улица бродяг и пьяниц, «дно»
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKID ROW — амер. район притонов и ночлежек; улица бродяг и пьяниц, «дно»
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SKID ROW — амер. район притонов и ночлежек; улица бродяг и пьяниц, «дно»
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SKID ROW — городское "дно" Городские кварталы, где обитают безработные, наркоманы, алкоголики и прочие люди, опустившиеся на социальное "дно" [skids]. Название происходит от района …
SKID ROW — городское "дно" Городские кварталы, где обитают безработные, наркоманы, алкоголики и прочие люди, опустившиеся на социальное "дно" . Название происходит от …
SKID ROW — n AmE infml He ended up on skid row — Он дошел до того, что стал обитать в районе ночлежек и …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SKID ROW — n AmE infml He ended up on skid row — Он дошел до того, что стал обитать в районе ночлежек …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SKID ROW — skid row n AmE infml He ended up on skid row Он дошел до того, что стал обитать в районе …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SKID ROW — He ended up on skid row — Он дошел до того, что стал обитать в районе ночлежек и дешевых забегаловок, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SKID ROW — n. захолустье, нищий район города.
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
SKID ROW — (американизм) район притонов и ночлежек; улица бродяг и пьяниц, "дно"
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKID — I. ˈskid noun ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skīth stick of wood — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROW — I. ˈrō verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKID — (v. t.) To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.
Английский словарь Webster
SKID — ( v. t. ) To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKID — ( v. t. ) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKID — — skiddingly , adv. /skid/ , n. , v. , skidded, skidding . n. 1. a plank, bar, log, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROW — row 1 /roh/ , n. 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKID — I. ˈskid noun Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skīth stick of wood — more at ski …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROW — I. ˈrō verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen to row, Latin remus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKID — vt to check with a skid, as wagon wheels. 2. skid ·add. ·v act of skidding; called also side …
Webster English vocab
ROW — vi to use the oar; as, to row well. 2. row ·adj & ·adv rough; stern; angry. 3. row ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SKID — [skid] n [perh. of Scand origin; akin to ON skith stick of wood--more at ski] (ca. 1610) 1: one of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROW — [row] vb [ME, fr. OE rowan; akin to MHG ruejen to row, L remus oar] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKID — skid BrE AmE skɪd ▷ skidded ˈskɪd ɪd -əd ▷ skidding ˈskɪd ɪŋ ▷ skids skɪdz ▶ ˌ skid ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROW — I . *row / rəʊ; NAmE roʊ/ noun , verb —see also row (II) ■ noun 1. row (of sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID — / skɪd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( -dd- ) [ v ] ( usually of a vehicle …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID — I. skid 1 /skɪd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle skidded , present participle skidding ) [intransitive] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROW — I. row 1 S2 W2 /rəʊ $ roʊ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a line of things or people …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKID — v. & n. --v. (skidded, skidding) 1 intr. (of a vehicle, a wheel, or a driver) slide on slippery ground, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROW — n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKID — v. & n. v. (skidded, skidding) 1 intr. (of a vehicle, a wheel, or a driver) slide on slippery ground, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROW — n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKID — v. & n. --v. (skidded, skidding) 1. intr. (of a vehicle, a wheel, or a driver) slide on slippery ground, …
Oxford English vocab
ROW — 1. n.1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Oxford English vocab
ROW — I. ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE /roʊ/ ( rows) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID — ( skids, skidding, skidded) If a vehicle skids , it slides sideways or forwards while moving, for example when you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID — (~s, ~ding, ~ded) If a vehicle ~s, it slides sideways or forwards while moving, for example when you are trying …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SKID — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car skids (= slides sideways in a way you cannot control ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKID — [noun] [C]The best way of dealing with a skid (= an act of sliding) is to turn the front wheels …
Cambridge English vocab

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