skidding

verbslide against will

Synonyms for skidding

verb slide against will

Word Origin & History

c.1600, "beam or plank on which something rests," especially on which something heavy can be rolled from place to place (1782), of uncertain origin, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse skið "stick of wood" (see ski (n.)). As "a sliding along" from 1890; specifically of motor vehicles from 1903. Skid-mark is from 1914.

In the timber regions of the American West, skids laid down one after another to form a road were "a poor thing for pleasure walks, but admirably adapted for hauling logs on the ground with a minimum of friction" ["Out West" magazine, October 1903]. A skid as something used to facilitate downhill motion led to figurative phrases such as hit the skids "go into rapid decline" (1909), and cf. skid row.

Example Sentences for skidding

When anchored the engine can be used either for skidding or loading.

Well,” said I, “if that be so, you must have been skidding some when you went by that numeral.

Remember that fast driving and skidding shorten the life of the tires.

The skidding car was turning into a fashionable side street.

"Skidding" is one of our most popular plays for High School production.

Skidding to a halt, he tried to bring the Rangeley off his shoulder.

"Please stop," Rick called, and Hassan did, with skidding wheels.

“Easy for you to say,” Greg said, skidding to a stop in front of him.

She crossed to the window, peering through the blurred dripping panes for a last sight of his skidding car.

Jason had a vanishing glimpse of the open-mouthed guards, then they were skidding around the corner of a building.