skid

Meanings

Noun

  • An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
  • A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill.
  • A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
  • A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
  • A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
  • A stepchild.

Verb

  • 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.
  • Shortening of stepkid.

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