noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A long black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.
2. 2
   Any other mark or stain caused by one surface skidding along another.

   "The ladder that slipped left a skidmark across the tile floor."

3. 3
   A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl. colloquial, euphemistic, humorous

Example

More examples

"The ladder that slipped left a skidmark across the tile floor."

Etymology

From skid + mark.

Related phrases

motor vehicle

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