Wiktionary

skid

See also: ski'd

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /skɪd/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪd

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on which something rests”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, clapboard”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey- (“to split, divide, separate”). Cognate with English shide, from Middle English schyd, schyde, schide (“plank, beam”), German Scheit (“piece of wood, log”). Doublet of ski.

Noun edit

skid (plural skids)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
    Synonyms: drag, skidpan
  3. (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
  4. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
    1. A runner of a sled.
      In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey.
    2. A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.
      Due to frequent arctic travel, the plane was equipped with long skids for snow and ice landings.
    3. A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.
      He unloaded six skids of boxes from the truck.
    4. One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.
      • 1897, Joseph Conrad, Niger of the Narcissus:
        His head was away up in the shadows of lifeboats that stood on skids above the deck.
      • 1882, New York Court of Appeals:
        If the boat had been further out, we could not get to work at the wheel without beaching her further up; or either dry docking her or putting her on skids.
  5. (aviation) A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
  6. (sports) A losing streak.
    losing skid
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Verb edit

skid (third-person singular simple present skids, present participle skidding, simple past and past participle skidded)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.
    Because of the jammed ailerons, the pilot had to use careful rudder inputs to skid his plane in order to turn it so he could get lined up with the runway.
  4. (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
  5. (transitive) To cause to move on skids.
  6. (transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
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Etymology 2 edit

Shortening of stepkid.

Noun edit

skid (plural skids)

  1. (Internet slang) A stepchild.

Etymology 3 edit

Shortened from script kiddie, probably via skiddie.

Noun edit

skid (plural skids)

  1. (Internet slang) A script kiddie.
    • 2022, Anas Zakir, Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics, page 105:
      […] it is something that differentiates an elite hacker from skids (script kiddies).

Verb edit

skid (third-person singular simple present skids, present participle skidding, simple past and past participle skidded)

  1. (Internet slang) To steal or copy, especially computer code.

Etymology 4 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

skid (plural skids)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A sovereign (old coin).
References edit
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz, cognate with Dutch schijt, English shit, German Schiss, Scheiß, Scheiße, German Low German Schiet, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Norwegian Nynorsk skit, skitt, Swedish skit. Doublet of skejs.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /skiːˀð/, [ˈsɡ̊ið̞ˀ]
  • Rhymes: -id

Noun edit

skid c (singular definite skiden, plural indefinite skide or skider)

  1. (vulgar) fart
  2. (vulgar, derogatory) turd, shit (a person one dislikes)
  3. (vulgar, with a negative) a bit, damn (little bit, iota)
    Jeg ved ikke en skid om den slags.
    I don't know shit about that kind of thing

Declension edit

Declension of skid
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skid skiden skide
skider 		skidene
skiderne
genitive skids skidens skides
skiders 		skidenes
skidernes

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse skíð n, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃiː/, [ʃiː]
  • (Sunnmøre) IPA(key): [sc͡çiː], [sçiː]
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Note: Everywhere pronounced without -d, except plural skide in Sunnmøre.

Noun edit

skid n (plural skid)

  1. (pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) alternative spelling of ski (“ski”)
    ganga på skid (plural) ― to ski

Declension edit

  Landsmål declension of skid (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative skid skidet skid skidi
dative ― skide ― skidom
compound-genitive ― ― ― ―

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References edit

  • “skid” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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