skid row

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [skid roh]
- /skɪd roʊ/
- /skɪd raʊ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skid roh]
- /skɪd roʊ/

Definitions of skid row words

noun skid row an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants. 1
noun skid row poor urban area 1
uncountable noun skid row You can refer to the poorest part of town, where drunks and homeless people live, as skid row. 0
noun skid row a dilapidated section of a city inhabited by vagrants, etc 0
noun skid row a usually run-down section of a city frequented by indigent alcoholics, vagrants, derelicts, etc. 0

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Origin of skid row

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

1930-35, Americanism; earlier skid road an area of a town frequented by loggers, originally a skidway

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Parts of speech for Skid row

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skid row popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for skid row

noun skid row

barrio — A barrio is a mainly Spanish-speaking area in an American city.
barrios — Justo Rufino [hoo-staw roo-fee-naw] /ˈhu stɔ ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–85, Guatemalan statesman: president of Guatemala 1873–85.
central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
core city — central city.
inner city — an older part of a city, densely populated and usually deteriorating, inhabited mainly by poor, often minority, groups.

adj skid row

depressed — If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.

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