skid mark

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skid mark

noun skid marks · skidmark · skid-mark

  1. A black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.
  2. Any other mark or stain left on a surface from a sliding or rubbing object. The ladder that slipped left a skid mark across the tile floor.
  3. colloquial, euphemistic, humorous A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl.
  4. colloquial A mark of a soiled finger wiped on a surface.
  5. Any burn on the skin caused by scraping the skin against a surface.

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noun black mark left on a road surface from tires

Françaistrace de freinage
DeutschBremsspur
Italianosegno di frenata, segno di sgommata, traccia di frenata, traccia di sgommata
Русскийследы́ торможе́ния sledý tormožénija, следы́ зано́са sledý zanósa

noun any mark or stain left on a surface from a sliding or rubbing object

Françaismarque

noun feces stain on underpants

Españolpalomino, raspa, raya de zebra
Portuguêsfreada
Italianosgommata
Русскийчирка́ш čirkáš

noun mark of a soiled finger

Françaisvirgule

noun burn on the skin caused by scraping

Русскийссадина ssadina

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@misc{skid_mark_2026,
  title = {skid mark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skid%20mark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}