skid

skid
I. vb
1.
to leave, go away. A usage which was fashionable among adolescents in Britain in the late 1980s.
2.
British
to 'slum', make do with little money, secondhand clothes, etc. This student term of the 1980s is probably inspired by 'skid row'
II. n
American
a scruffy, disreputable individual. The term, used in the USA and Canada since the 1990s, is probably based on 'skid row'.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • Skid — Skid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skidded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skidding}.] 1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids. [1913 Webster] 2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. Dickens. [1913 Webster] 3. (Forestry) To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • skid — [skid] n. [Early ModE, prob. < ON skith: see SKI ] ☆ 1. a plank, log, etc., often one of a pair or set, used as a support or as a track upon which to slide or roll a heavy object 2. a low, movable wooden platform for holding loads or stacks 3 …   English World dictionary

  • Skid — (sk[i^]d), n. [Icel. sk[=i][eth] a billet of wood. See {Shide}.] [Written also {skeed}.] 1. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • skid — [skɪd] noun [countable] a pallet * * * skid UK US /skɪd/ noun [C] US COMMERCE, PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT ► PALLET(Cf. ↑pallet) …   Financial and business terms

  • Skid — Skid, v. i. 1. To slide without rotating; said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side slip; said esp. of a cycle or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • skid — [v] slide against will drift, glide, go into skid, move, sheer, skew, slip, slue, swerve, veer; concept 152 …   New thesaurus

  • skid — sb., en, e el. er, ene el. erne; ikke en skid …   Dansk ordbog

  • skid — vb *slide, slip, glide, glissade, slither, coast, toboggan …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • skid — (See pallet) …   Glossary of postal terms

  • skid — ► VERB (skidded, skidding) 1) (of a vehicle) slide sideways on slippery ground or as a result of stopping or turning too quickly. 2) slip; slide. ► NOUN 1) an act of skidding. 2) a runner attached to the underside of an aircraft for use when… …   English terms dictionary

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