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1. Slide without control
   "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
    
2. Elevate onto skids
    
3. Apply a brake or skid to
    
4. Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
   "the wheels skidded against the pavement";
   - slip, slue, slew, slide

1. One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
    
2. A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
   - brake shoe, shoe
    
3. An unexpected slide
   - slip, sideslip

Derived forms: skidding, skidded, skids

Type of: board, brake, bring up, coast, constraint, elevate, get up, glide, lift, plank, raise, restraint, slide

Part of: chute, drum brake, slide, slideway, sloping trough

Encyclopedia: Skid