skids
Slides without control
Skids are runners or rails that allow heavy objects to slide, or a platform for moving and stacking goods—a pallet.
A vehicle that skids loses traction and slides uncontrollably: The car skidded on ice.
To be on the skids is to be declining or failing.
Skid row is a district of cheap lodgings and homeless shelters, originally where logs skidded down to water.
Prevents wheels from seizing
- ABSAnti-lock braking system
- brakeDevice to slow motion
- stoppingCeasing to continue
- lockupTemporary detention facility
rubber · screech · deceleration · grip · friction · roadholding
Skid on standing water
- fishtailRear-end lateral skid
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- slideSmooth continuous movement
- spinoutUncontrolled vehicle rotation
ice · slick · swerve · overcorrection · tailspin · glide · slip · skate
Bulk goods storage building
- forkliftPowered pallet-hoisting vehicle
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- cratesSturdy shipping containers
- freightGoods being transported
cargo · wooden · platform · stacking · logistics · transport · dollies · handling
Water's solid form
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- sleetPartly frozen precipitation
- freezingExtremely cold
- frostThin ice coating
cold · blizzard · icy · slippery · salt · sand · chains · studded
Airborne transportation vehicle
- runwayPaved path for planes
- touchdownSix-point gridiron play
- wheelsCircular rotation devices
- undercarriageFramework beneath a vehicle
fuselage · helicopter · struts · aviation · floatplane
Sudden loss of power
- failureLack of success
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- descentDownward slope or lineage
collapse · trouble · rock-bottom · setback · slump · freefall · misfortune
antilock
Prevents wheels from seizing
lockup · rubber · screech · deceleration · grip · friction · roadholding
hydroplane
Skid on standing water
spinout · ice · slick · swerve · overcorrection · tailspin · glide · slip · skate · aquaplaning
warehouse
Bulk goods storage building
- forkliftPowered pallet-hoisting vehicle
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- cratesSturdy shipping containers
freight · cargo · wooden · platform · stacking · logistics · transport · dollies · handling · industrial
ice
Water's solid form
frost · cold · blizzard · icy · slippery · salt · sand · chains · studded · plowing
aircraft
Airborne transportation vehicle
undercarriage · fuselage · helicopter · struts · aviation · floatplane
downfall
Sudden loss of power
- failureLack of success
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
descent · collapse · trouble · rock-bottom · setback · slump · freefall · misfortune
- material handlingforklifts, lifting, conveyors, carrying, cranes
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, helicopter rescue, airlift, life flight
- helicopter partsrotor, tail rotor, rotor blade, blades, rotor blades
- tiny homestiny house, loft, sleeping loft, composting toilet, off-grid
- freightcargo, cargo ships, air freight, freight rates, bulk freight
- landing gearmain gear, nose gear, tail wheel, tailwheel, fixed gear
skidsthrives
Succeeds and grows
flourishes · on the rise · rises · succeeds · prospers
- skid marksRubber left by wheels
- hit the skidsEnter rapid deterioration
- on the skidsIn steep decline
- skid rowImpoverished urban district
- hitting the skidsRapidly deteriorating in fortune
- skid steerCompact maneuverable loader
skid, skidding, skidded, nonskid, skidmark, antiskid, skidproof, skidpan, waterskier