Kid vs. Skid
Kidnoun
A young goat.
Kidnoun
Of a female goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid.
Kidnoun
Kidskin.
Kidnoun
(uncountable) The meat of a young goat.
Kidnoun
A young antelope.
Kidnoun
(informal) a child (usually), teenager, or young adult; a juvenile
Kidnoun
(colloquial) An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
Kidnoun
(nautical) A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.
Kidnoun
(informal) A person whose childhood took place in a particular decade or area.
Kidnoun
(informal) One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
Kidnoun
(in the vocative) Used as a form of address for a child, teenager or young adult
Kidnoun
(dated) A deception; an act of kidding somebody.
Kidnoun
A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
Kidverb
To make a fool of (someone).
Kidverb
To dupe or deceive (someone).
Kidverb
To make a joke with (someone).
Kidverb
(intransitive) Of a goat, to give birth to kids.
Kidverb
To joke.
Kidnoun
A young goat.
Kidnoun
A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.
Kidnoun
A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.
Kidnoun
Gloves made of kid.
Kidnoun
A small wooden mess tub; - a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.
Kidnoun
Among pugilists, thieves, gunfighters, etc., a youthful expert; - chiefly used attributively; as, kid Jones.
Kidnoun
A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
Kidverb
To bring forth a young goat.
Kidverb
See Kiddy, v. t.
Kid
of Kythe.
Kidnoun
a young person of either sex;
Kidnoun
soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat;
Kidnoun
English dramatist (1558-1594)
Kidnoun
a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age;
Kidnoun
young goat
Kidverb
tell false information to for fun;
Kidverb
be silly or tease one another;
Skidverb
(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
Skidverb
(transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
Skidverb
(transitive) To cause to move on skids.
Skidverb
(transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
Skidnoun
A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.
Skidnoun
A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
Skidnoun
A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing.
Skidnoun
A low movable platform for supporting heavy items to be transported, typically of two layers, and having a space between the layers into which the fork of a fork lift can be inserted; it is used to conveniently transport heavy objects by means of a fork lift; - a skid without wheels is the same as a pallet.
Skidnoun
Declining fortunes; a movement toward defeat or downfall; - used mostly in the phrase on the skids and hit the skids.
Skidnoun
Act of skidding; - called also side slip.
Skidverb
To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
Skidverb
To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
Skidverb
To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.
Skidverb
To slide without rotating; - said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.
Skidverb
To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; - said esp. of a cycle or automobile.
Skidnoun
one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
Skidnoun
a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
Skidnoun
an unexpected slide
Skidverb
slide without control;
Skidverb
elevate onto skids
Skidverb
apply a brake or skid to
Skidverb
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;
