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.

Examples of "skid" in Sentences

He rides skids in winter.
The car skids on the road.
He discovered ways to skid smoothly.
The boy skids and lands in the water.
Children in the park are riding skids.
How many skids do you have in your house
The other end of the skid is attached to a bellow.
In the 1950's, they produced the first skid loader.
The Wizards 'five-game skid is their longest of the season.
The slower it's going, the less trouble you'll be in from the skid.
Only the inexpensive expendable shipper skid is shipped with the load.
The Rays 'skid is their longest since an eight-game losing streak last July.
(AP) - Now that Detroit Red Wings 'five-game skid is really a thing of the past.
The skid is the franchise's longest since the Montreal Expos dropped 12 straight from Aug. 13-27, 1976.
Mike Dunleavy scored a season-high 25 points for the Pacers, whose skid is their longest since 1988-89.
There is poverty some say the phrase "skid row" was invented here and in particular a high concentration of "gutter punks."
The Mustangs (0-10, 0-7) lost their 10th in a row and their skid is the second-longest in Division I to Army's 12-game drought.
Montreal, which was on an 11-1-2 run prior to its current skid, is second in the Northeast with 62 points, 18 behind the Bruins, who lead the Eastern Conference.
I think this one nails it: "It look [s] like an elephant that just got ran over by a truck and is now splattered and dazed on the ground, covered in skid marks."