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How to pronounce skid in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms slew, slide, slip, slue
Type of glide
Has types submarine, side-slip


the wheels skidded against the sidewalk.
Type Words
Synonyms sideslip, slip
Type of slide, glide, coast
Type Words
Synonyms brake shoe, shoe
Type of restraint, constraint
Type Words
Type of brake
Type Words
Type of lift, raise, bring up, get up, elevate
Derivation skidder
Type Words
Type of plank, board
Type Words
Type of slew, slide, slip, slue
Derivation skidder


the car skidded in the curve on the wet road.

Examples of skid

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Brother Emmanuel, 83 and with two new knees, clears brush driving a skid loader.
From the kansas.com
The Reds snapped a three-game skid and won for just the eighth time in 21 games.
From the kansas.com
Florida completed Omaha's skid by defeating the Nighthawks 27-10 eight days ago.
From the omaha.com
Melting snow in the city center caused some buses to skid and struggle up hills.
From the bloomberg.com
In response to Los Angeles'current skid, Murray shook up his lines on Wednesday.
From the sacbee.com
Kobasew quickly knocked it in with a backhand to stop Colorado's four-game skid.
From the sacbee.com
James Loney had three runs batted in for the Rays, who stopped a four-game skid.
From the nytimes.com
Phoenix halted a four-game skid and won for just the second time in eight games.
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New York's recent skid was filled mostly with narrow losses to division leaders.
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More examples
  • One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
  • Slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
  • Brake shoe: a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
  • Elevate onto skids
  • An unexpected slide
  • Apply a brake or skid to
  • In flying, a skid is a specific type of slip. It often means a turn where the sideways movement of the aircraft is outwards from the centre of the turn. Pilots generally reserve the word slip only for inside slips in a turn (towards the centre). ...
  • Skid is a 1970 album by Skid Row featuring guitar ace Gary Moore.
  • (Skids (comics)) Skids (Sally Blevins) is a Marvel Comics mutant. Created by writer Louise Simonson and artist Jackson Guice, she first appeared in X-Factor vol. 1 #7 (August 1986).