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skid - 4

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1884, OED Evaluation: N/A

To slip obliquely or sideways, esp. owing to the muddy, wet, or dusty state of the road; to side-slip. Usually said of cycle or motor-car wheels, but also of horse-vehicles or persons. Also, of the vehicle itself.

ExampleMeaning
Well, my brother Johnny was younger, like- so he sat up on- on the seat with Tom, and Tom was driving the pony, and we put the uh goat in the back of the- the wagon, you-know, and of course, who was to hold the goat, only me. ... I got a- a hammer-lock on the goat. I got him like that, holding on to him like that, and of course he's skidding all the way to the back of the- of the wagon, you-know? He's wanting to get free, you-know, and I'm hanging on to him ...
To slip obliquely or sideways, esp. owing to the muddy, wet, or dusty state of the road; to side-slip. Usually said of cycle or motor-car wheels, but also of horse-vehicles or persons. Also, of the vehicle itself.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Winter-time roads were slippery. Speaker: ... He 'd be drinking all night the r-- Kennedy-Road two lanes was snow covered. And I guess he started skidding and he was like this, this, this and in the ditch. Almost tipped over.
To slip obliquely or sideways, esp. owing to the muddy, wet, or dusty state of the road; to side-slip. Usually said of cycle or motor-car wheels, but also of horse-vehicles or persons. Also, of the vehicle itself.
ExampleMeaning
So we were going up to get a conga-drum and um she had pulled out of her drive-way and she was taking her boyf-- her boyfriend to work and she skidded and lost control of her car and hit us um broadside. I only remember the a- the flash of orange.
To slip obliquely or sideways, esp. owing to the muddy, wet, or dusty state of the road; to side-slip. Usually said of cycle or motor-car wheels, but also of horse-vehicles or persons. Also, of the vehicle itself.
ExampleMeaning
... I was the first man out of the aircraft and the dropped the second too soon and I had to lift to get over the high tension wires, and when I hit the slew it was in ah spring and it was froze, lost my foot and skidded across with the wind blowing me. No, we dropped in to ah Fort-Norman when I was out in the arctic there too, winter exercise. That was kind of interesting. (laughs) Four weeks, five people in a tent.
To slip obliquely or sideways, esp. owing to the muddy, wet, or dusty state of the road; to side-slip. Usually said of cycle or motor-car wheels, but also of horse-vehicles or persons. Also, of the vehicle itself.
ExampleMeaning
When we got to the end, he started racing down the runway. And I clouted him in his ah earphone and told him, I said, "The flap lock." And he had to shut everything down and we skidded off the end of the runway just about into the trees.... Well apparently the same guy had that happen to him and the same pilot about a month later with some guys and ah he flew right into the trees and killed everybody.
To slip obliquely or sideways, esp. owing to the muddy, wet, or dusty state of the road; to side-slip. Usually said of cycle or motor-car wheels, but also of horse-vehicles or persons. Also, of the vehicle itself.
ExampleMeaning
I remember boardwalks when I was a kid in Kirkland-Lake. The sidewalks were narrowed together like docks like this stuff- ... Three of four feet wide and I remember we'd ride our bicycles on it and ah, skid our tires on it and get in-trouble for that.
To slip obliquely or sideways, esp. owing to the muddy, wet, or dusty state of the road; to side-slip. Usually said of cycle or motor-car wheels, but also of horse-vehicles or persons. Also, of the vehicle itself.
ExampleMeaning
Driving along and away went a wheel off down the road and into the fence. ... And I'm skidding down the road on three wheels.
To slip obliquely or sideways, esp. owing to the muddy, wet, or dusty state of the road; to side-slip. Usually said of cycle or motor-car wheels, but also of horse-vehicles or persons. Also, of the vehicle itself.