SKIDDING

SKID

skid, slip, slue, slew, slide

(verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; “the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”

skid

(verb) slide without control; “the car skidded in the curve on the wet road”

skid

(verb) apply a brake or skid to

skid

(verb) elevate onto skids

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

skidding

present participle of skid

Noun

skidding (plural skiddings)

The motion of something that skids.

(forestry) The logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest.

Synonyms

• (the motion of something that skids): skid

Anagrams

• kiddings

Source: Wiktionary

SKID

Skid, n. Etym: [Icel. ski a billet of wood. See Shide.] [Written also skeed.]

1. 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 drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.

2. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. Specifically: (a) pl. (Naut.)

Definition: Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. Totten. (b) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling. (c) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.

Skid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skidded; p. pr. & vb. n. Skidding.]

1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.

2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition