skid

IPA: skˈɪd

An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
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.
(by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
A runner of a sled.
A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.
A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.
One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.
(aviation) A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
(sports) A losing streak.
(Internet slang) A stepchild.
(Internet slang) A script kiddie.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A sovereign (old coin).

(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.
(intransitive, transitive, aviation) To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
(transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
(transitive) To cause to move on skids.
(transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
(Internet slang) To steal or copy, especially computer code.

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