skid is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
skid skids
    An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
    • Just before hitting the guardrail the driver was able to regain control and pull out of the skid.
    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.
    • Synonym: drag, skidpan
    (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
skid skids skidding skidded skidded
    (intransitive) (of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have.
    (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.
    • They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street.
    (intransitive transitive aviation) To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
    • Don't use excessive rudder when turning, especially at low airspeed, as this causes your plane to skid through the turn, which can cause you to very rapidly enter a spin if the inner wing stalls.

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