skidder

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UK/ˈskɪdə(ɹ)/US/ˈskɪdɚ/US[ˈskɪɾɚ]

noun

One who travels with a skidding motion.

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Meanings

nounskidder (plural skidders)

plural skidders

  1. One who travels with a skidding motion.
  2. One who moves something by the use of a skid.
  3. engineeringa vehicle for pulling trees out of a forest.
  4. The foreman of a construction gang making a skid road.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Finnish juontotraktori
  • juontotraktoria vehicle for pulling trees out of a forest
French débusqueur, skidder
  • débusqueura vehicle for pulling trees out of a forest
  • skiddera vehicle for pulling trees out of a forest
Russian трелёвочный тра́ктор, ски́ддер
  • трелёвочный тра́ктор (treljóvočnyj tráktor)a vehicle for pulling trees out of a forest
  • ски́ддер (skíddɛr)a vehicle for pulling trees out of a forest

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with skidder

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Sounds the same

skitter (in some dialects)
Cite this entry
APA

skidder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skidder

MLA

“skidder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skidder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skidder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skidder.

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