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Skid v. i.

To slide without rotating; said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.

To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; said esp. of a cycle or automobile.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Skid" Quotes from Famous Books

... France foster, and in which America is woefully lax, is the indoor game. Unfortunately the majority of the courts abroad have wood surfaces, true but lightning fast. The perfect indoor court should retain its true bound, but slow up the skid of the ball. The most successful surface I have ever played upon is battleship linoleum—the heavy covering used on men-of-war. This gives a true, slightly retarded bound, not unlike ...

— The Art of Lawn Tennis • William T. Tilden, 2D

... to do is skid 'em down off'n the bank onto the wagon," Frank said. "I wisht you'd go on up where we cut them last ones and git my sweater, Brit. I musta left it hanging on a bush right close to where ...

— Sawtooth Ranch • B. M. Bower

... unrideable roads. North of the canal the roads were fair macadam in dry weather and to the south the main road Bethune-Beuvry-Annequin was of the finest pave. Then it rained hard. First the roads became greasy beyond belief. Starting was perilous, and the slightest injudicious swerve meant a bad skid. Between Gorre and Festubert the road was vile. It went on raining, and the roads were thickly covered with glutinous mud. The front mud-guard of George's Douglas choked up with a lamentable frequency. The Blackburne alone, the finest and most even-running of all motor-cycles,[16] ...

— Adventures of a Despatch Rider • W. H. L. Watson

... When we get to Westminster, you skid down Adam Street until yer get to yer diggin's; an' then hup you goes and changes yer dress. Into the very genteel dark-blue costoom you gets, and down you comes to yer 'umble servant wot is waitin' ...

— Sue, A Little Heroine • L. T. Meade

... humored your boy all his life you could not expect to cross him in his first love affair and get away with it. No, sir-ree! The thing to do is to put the skids under Joey and his lady love before they know you know it. Tell me more about her, however, before I begin making skids and skid grease." ...

— Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne

... ring off, or you'll get in wrong with"—he indicated t-d with a wave of his head that communicated itself to the car in a magnificent skid; and t-d's derby rang out as the skid pitched t-d the length ...

— The Enormous Room • Edward Estlin Cummings

... be sufficient, with perhaps a pair of elbow-guards and anti-skid gloves. A bath should never be given a child until at least one hour after eating (that is, after the ...

— Love Conquers All • Robert C. Benchley

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