skid

skid is a 4-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.
2. noun. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
3. noun. Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
4. noun. One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.
5. noun. One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
6. transitive verb. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
7. transitive verb. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
8. noun. an unexpected slide

   Synonyms: sideslip, slip

9. noun. a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation

   Synonyms: shoe

10. noun. one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
11. verb. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

    "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

    Synonyms: slew, slide, slip, slue

12. verb. slide without control

    "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"

13. verb. apply a brake or skid to
14. verb. elevate onto skids

Synonyms

sideslip, slip, shoe, slew, slide, slue

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in skid:

disk, kids

Common word forms

skids, skidded, skidder, skidding

Words from these letters

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