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Skid

verb

(past & past part. skidded; pres. part. skidding)

Slide without control.

Elevate onto skids.

Apply a brake or skid to.

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. Synonyms: slew, slide, slip, slue.

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"Skid" Quotes from Famous Books

... time we have any trouble from the cats is one evening when Pop comes home and the two kittens skid down the hall between his legs, with Cat after them. He scales his hat at the lot of them and roars down the hall to me, "Hey, Davey! When are you getting rid of these cats? I'm not fixing to start an ...

— It's like this, cat • Emily Neville

... still stuck to his old horse, and to the ancient vehicle which had been the signal of distress before so many doors for forty years. "I can trust old Nettie," he would say. "She doesn't freeze her radiator on cold nights, she doesn't skid, and if I drop asleep she'll take me home and into my own barn, which is more than any ...

— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart

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