noun

• (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
• (aviation) A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input.
• (sports) A losing streak.
  "The team snapped a 3-game skid with a win over their biggest rival."

verb

• (intransitive) (of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have.
• (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.
  "They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street."
• (intransitive, transitive, aviation) To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
  "Don't use excessive rudder when turning, especially at low airspeed, as this causes your plane to skid through the turn, which can cause you to very rapidly enter a spin if the inner wing stalls."
• (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.

noun

• (Internet slang) A stepchild.

noun

• (Internet slang) A script kiddie.
  "[…] it is something that differentiates an elite hacker from skids (script kiddies)."