Skids Synonyms

To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tumbles
  2. slumps
  3. sinks
  4. plunges
  5. plummets
  6. falls
  7. drops
  8. dives
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. slips
  2. moves
  3. slides
  4. slithers
  5. veers
  6. glides
  7. tumbles
  8. swerves
  9. supports
  10. skims
  11. plummets
  12. drags
  13. coasts
  14. brakes
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To slide from forward momentum, especially during an attempt to stop:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. slides
A usually swift downward trend, as in prices
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dips
  2. declines
  3. tumbles
  4. slumps
  5. slides
  6. plunges
  7. falls
  8. drops
  9. diva
  10. descents
  11. drop-offs
  12. downturns
  13. downswings
A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shoes
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Skids Sentence Examples

  • Martha would talk to Quinn... to grease the skids... as she put it, and have him telephone me the following evening.

  • The north-west coast Indians hoisted the logs that formed the plates of their house frames into position with skids and parbuckles of rope.

  • This graph will put the skids under any bull theory.

  • But when a wheel skids the point in contact with the road is sliding along the road, rather then sticking to it.

  • Boy, I go broke And hit the skids before I take care of A rich sucker 's kids.

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