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skid
noun
1. A pallet for loading or handling goods, especially one having solid sideboards and no bottom.
2. A plank, log, or timber, usually one of a pair, used as a support or as a track for sliding or rolling heavy objects.
3. A runner in the landing gear of certain aircraft.
4. A shoe or drag applying pressure to a wheel to brake a vehicle.
5. Nautical A wooden framework attached to the side of a ship to prevent damage, as when unloading.
verb
1. To fall rapidly, steeply, or far .
2. To slide sideways away from the center of curvature when turning.
3. To slip sideways on the road.
4. To fail to grip the roadway.
5. To slide without rotating (as a wheel held from turning while a vehicle moves onward).
verb-intransitive
1. To move sideways in a turn because of insufficient banking. Used of an airplane.
2. To slide sideways while moving because of loss of traction: The truck skidded on a patch of ice. See Synonyms at slide.
3. To slide without revolving: wheels skidding on oily pavement.
verb-transitive
1. To brake (a wheel) with a skid.
2. To haul on a skid or skids.
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disk | 9 |
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is | 2 |
ki | 6 |
si | 2 |
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dis | 4 |
ids | 4 |
kid | 8 |
kis | 7 |
ski | 7 |
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disk | 9 |
kids | 9 |
skid | 9 |