different between skid vs glid

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Etymology 1

From Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on which something rests”), from Proto-Germanic *sk?d? (“log, clapboard”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey- (“to split, divide, separate”). Cognate with Middle English schyd, schyde, schide (“plank, beam”), German Scheit (“piece of wood, log”).

Noun

skid (plural skids)

1. An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.

2. 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.

   Synonyms: drag, skidpan

3. (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
4. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
   1. A runner of a sled.

   2. A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.

   3. A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.

   4. (nautical, in the plural) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it when handling cargo.

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   5. One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.
5. (aviation) A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.

Derived terms

• antiskid
• skidder
• skid loader
• skid mark
• on the skids

Translations

Verb

skid (third-person singular simple present skids, present participle skidding, simple past and past participle skidded)

1. (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.

2. (intransitive, transitive, aviation) To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.

3. (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
4. (transitive) To cause to move on skids.
5. (transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening of stepkid.

Noun

skid (plural skids)

1. (Internet slang) A stepchild.

Anagrams

• disk, kids

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *sk?taz, *skitiz, cognate with Dutch schijt, English shit, German Scheiße, Scheisse, German Low German Schiet, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Norwegian Nynorsk skit, skitt, Swedish skit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ski??ð/, [?s??ið??]
• Rhymes: -id

Noun

skid c (singular definite skiden, plural indefinite skide or skider)

1. (vulgar) fart
2. (vulgar, derogatory) turd, shit (a person one dislikes)
3. (vulgar, with a negative) a bit, damn (little bit, iota)

Inflection

References

• “skid” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Skid,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skid n (definite singular skidet, indefinite plural skid, definite plural skidi)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1901; superseded by ski

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Verb

glid

1. simple past tense and past participle of glide

   The boat glid across the lake gracefully.

Synonyms

• glided

Anagrams

• DILG, gild

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

glid

1. inflection of glida:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?d

Verb

glid

1. imperative of glida.

Volapük

Noun

glid (nominative plural glids)

1. greeting

Declension