Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of skid
nounskidding (countable and uncountable, plural skiddings)
plural skiddings
- countableuncountableThe motion of something that skids.
When an automobile, for instance, traveled that road, it was with many skiddings in the sand on the turns, which it must take circumspectly if the driver did not care for the rocky, uneven floor of the desert itself.
1917, B. M. Bower, Starr of the Desert, page 57Synonyms: skid
- countableuncountablebusinessThe logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe motion of something that skids.
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Translations
Finnish liukuminen, luistaminen
- liukuminenthe motion of something that skids
- luistaminenthe motion of something that skids
- juontaminenthe logging operation for pulling cut trees
- juontothe logging operation for pulling cut trees
French dérapage, débardage
- dérapagethe motion of something that skids
- débardagethe logging operation for pulling cut trees
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“skidding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skidding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skidding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skidding.
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