All skid synonyms
skid
S s verb skid
- go downhill — travel down a slope
- disarrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarray.
- lither — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- go to pot — a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- deteriorate — If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
- knock over — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- go to the dogs — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- jackknife — a large pocketknife.
- knock down — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- downing — a downward movement; descent.
- dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- hit the dirt — to drop to the ground
- downed — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- go belly up — the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- lose it — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- hit the skids — get into difficulties
noun skid
- downslide — a decline or downward trend, as of prices.
- downswing — a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
- downtrend — a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.
- nosedive — a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- drop-off — a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- falloff — a decline in quantity, vigor, etc.
- brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.