ALL meanings of on the skids
skid
O o - adverb on the skids in trouble, failing 1
- noun on the skids a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along. 1
- noun on the skids one of a number of such logs or timbers forming a skidway. 1
- noun on the skids a low mobile platform on which goods are placed for ease in handling, moving, etc. Compare stillage. 1
- noun on the skids a plank, log, low platform, etc., on or by which a load is supported. 1
- noun on the skids Nautical. any of a number of parallel beams or timbers fixed in place as a raised support for boats, spars, etc. any of a number of timbers on which a heavy object is placed to be shoved along on rollers or slid. an arrangement of planks serving as a runway for cargo. an arrangement of planks serving as a fender to protect the side of a vessel during transfer of cargo. sidewise motion of a vessel; leeway. 1
- noun on the skids a shoe or some other choke or drag for preventing the wheel of a vehicle from rotating, as when descending a hill. 1
- noun on the skids a runner on the under part of some airplanes, enabling the aircraft to slide along the ground when landing. 1
- noun on the skids an unexpected or uncontrollable sliding on a smooth surface by something not rotating, especially an oblique or wavering veering by a vehicle or its tires: The bus went into a skid on the icy road. 1
- verb with object on the skids to place on or slide along a skid. 1
- verb with object on the skids to check the motion of with a skid: She skidded her skates to a stop. 1
- verb with object on the skids to cause to go into a skid: to skid the car into a turn. 1
- verb without object on the skids to slide along without rotating, as a wheel to which a brake has been applied. 1
- verb without object on the skids to slip or slide sideways, as an automobile in turning a corner rapidly. 1
- verb without object on the skids to slide forward under the force of momentum after forward motion has been braked, as a vehicle. 1
- verb without object on the skids (of an airplane when not banked sufficiently) to slide sideways, away from the center of the curve described in turning. Compare slip1 (def 15). 1
- idioms on the skids on the skids, Slang. in the process of decline or deterioration: His career is on the skids. 1
- idioms on the skids put the skids under, Informal. to bring about the downfall of; cause to fail: Lack of money put the skids under our plans. 1
- idioms on the skids the skids, Informal. the downward path to ruin, poverty, or depravity: After losing his job he began to hit the skids. 1
- phrase on the skids If you say that something is on the skids, you believe that it is out of control and certain to fail. 0
- noun on the skids in decline or about to fail 0