skidding

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skidding

/ˈskɪdɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪdɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of skid

noun skiddings

countable, uncountable The motion of something that skids. When an automobile, for instance, traveled that road, it was with many skiddings in the sand on the turns, which it must take circumspectly if the driver did not care for the rocky, uneven floor of the desert itself.
Similar: skid
countable, uncountable The logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest.

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noun the motion of something that skids

Français	dérapage

noun the logging operation for pulling cut trees

Français	débardage

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@misc{skidding_2026,
  title = {skidding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skidding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}