To some extent, you can control the car in a skid.
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Skid
//skɪd//
Synonyms for "skid" (91 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- буксуване noun (out of control sliding motion)
- занасяне noun (out of control sliding motion)
- плаз noun (runner of a sled)
- занасям се verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Catalan
4 entries- derrapada noun (out of control sliding motion)
- derrapatge noun (out of control sliding motion)
- patinada noun (out of control sliding motion)
- derrapar verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Czech
4 entries- ližina noun (ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft)
- smyk noun (out of control sliding motion)
- dostat smyk verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
- smýkat verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Dutch
2 entries- slip noun (out of control sliding motion)
- slippen verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Finnish
4 entries- jalas noun (runner of a sled)
- jalas noun (ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft)
- lava noun (basic form of platform)
- liirto noun (out of control sliding motion)
French
2 entries- dérapage noun (out of control sliding motion)
- déraper verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Galician
1 entries- derrapar verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
German
4 entries- Kufe noun (runner of a sled)
- Kufe noun (ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft)
- Schleudern noun (out of control sliding motion)
- (weg-)rutschen verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Greek
4 entries- γλίστρημα noun (out of control sliding motion)
- ολίσθηση noun (out of control sliding motion)
- γλιστρώ verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
- ολισθαίνω verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Italian
3 entries- derapata noun (out of control sliding motion)
- derapare verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
- sbandare verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Māori
4 entries- neke noun (runner of a sled)
- neke noun (ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft)
- panunu noun (runner of a sled)
- mania verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Persian
2 entries- بکسوات noun (out of control sliding motion)
- شکوخیدن verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- derrapagem noun (out of control sliding motion)
- derrapar verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Russian
4 entries- боково́е скольже́ние noun (out of control sliding motion)
- зано́с noun (out of control sliding motion)
- по́лоз noun (runner of a sled)
- по́лоз noun (ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on an aircraft)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- proklizati verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Spanish
4 entries- derrapada noun (out of control sliding motion)
- derrape noun (out of control sliding motion)
- desliz noun (out of control sliding motion)
- patinazo noun (out of control sliding motion)
Swedish
3 entries- mede noun (runner of a sled)
- sladd noun (out of control sliding motion)
- slira verb (to slide in an uncontrolled manner)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
My car went into a skid on the bend.
Source: tatoeba (8977006)
There were skid marks in the parking lot.
Source: tatoeba (9932165)
The brakes locked, and the car began to skid.
Source: tatoeba (9965933)
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