skids in English

noun

1

an act of skidding or sliding.

the Volvo went into a skid

2

a runner attached to the underside of an aircraft for use when landing on snow or grass.

A metre below the skids of the aircraft was the ledge onto which we were to leap, and below that was a sheer 100-metre drop into what from the air looked like an otherwise inaccessible canyon.

3

a braking device consisting of a wooden or metal shoe preventing a wheel from revolving.

4

a beam or plank used to support a ship under construction or repair.

Contrast that with a gas turbine, which is shipped on a skid and essentially needs only to be hooked up.

verb

1

(of a vehicle) slide, typically sideways or obliquely, on slippery ground or as a result of stopping or turning too quickly.

the taxicab skidded to a halt

2

fasten a skid to (a wheel) as a brake.

noun

• shoe, brake shoe
• sideslip, slip

verb

• slew, slip, slue, slide

Use "skids" in a sentence

1. Both Dyna-Soar and Spiral were designed to land on skids.

2. 8 A medic jumped in as we got light on the skids.

3. A Flycatcher fitted with wooden skids was also tested and behaved perfectly satisfactorily.

4. Local residents have put the skids under plans to build a new shopping centre.

5. Your boy, Prince Tony, has been greasing the skids to slide into your chair.

6. Synonyms for Aquaplanes include hydroplanes, skids, slews, slides, swerves, veers, glides, slips, skims and slithers

7. 9 "The approach in the media is that the Cuban revolution is on the skids, " Kirk said.

8. The ship hit and twisted on the skids, rocked over toward the left, hesitated precariously, and flopped back level.

9. To this end, the guide elements are configured as skids, which are tapered toward aft in a flow-dynamic manner.

10. Abrasions may also be caused when a horse falls and skids, skinning a hip, leg, shoulder, or other body part

11. During an Autorotation there are many things a pilot can do when too high; turns, slips/skids, or airspeed adjustments

12. Chick Brooders, also called broiler houses, are typically wood-framed, wood-floored, movable structures heated by electric or oil-fired stoves and built on skids

13. The paint that puts the skids under barnacles is being adopted by Porter International for protective coatings in the United States.

14. The landing skids on Dyna-Soar were designed to deploy from insulated doors on the underside of the vehicle, like a conventional aircraft.

15. Broadsiding is the method used in motorcycle speedway for travelling round the bends on the speedway track.The rider skids his rear wheel by spinning it at such a speed that it sets up a gyroscopic action and this opposes the natural tendencies of centrifugal force.Then he controls the slide by throttle control to maintain, increase or decrease the rate of which the rear wheel spins.

16. The original soundtrack to the action-comedy Miss Congeniality features an eclectic array of songs from artists like the A Teens, P.Y.T., Los Lobos, and Red Venom.The album veers from Groove Armada's "If Everybody Looked the Same" to Southern Culture on the Skids' "Liquored Up and Laquered Down" to the Baha Men's "Get Ya Party On," and throws in BT's remix of Tom Jones' "She's …