To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
To protect or support with a skid or skids.
To cause to move on skids.
To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
Origin
From Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey-. Cognate with English shide, from Middle English schyd, schyde, schide, German Scheit. ski.