skiddy

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English

Etymology

From skid +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

skiddy (comparative skiddier, superlative skiddiest)

  1. Likely to skid, or cause skidding.
    • 1984, Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory:
      I suggested that it might be a good idea to get [the motorbike] in midsummer so that I could get plenty of practice in before the skiddy weather set in, but he thought there might be too much tourist traffic going through the town []
  2. Containing skidmarks.
    • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      “I thought those skiddy pants of yours would have been enough to frighten her away!” said Frank.
      The man did not look pleased that his underpants, which he’d washed only last month, had been described as skiddy. He sat up to inspect them.
      “Whose pants are you calling—? Oh dear.”

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