Skid vs Tuck - What's the difference?
skid | tuck |
An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
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.
(by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
# A runner of a sled.
# A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.
# A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.
# (nautical, in the plural) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it when handling cargo.
# One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.
To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
To protect or support with a skid or skids.
To cause to move on skids.
To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
(lb) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
(lb) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden.
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*:It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
(lb) To fit neatly.
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To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
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To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
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To full, as cloth.
To conceal one’s genitals, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
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(lb) To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
An act of tucking ; a pleat or fold.
(sewing) A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
A curled position.
(medicine, surgery) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
(music, piano, when playing scales on piano keys) The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
(diving) A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
(archaic) A rapier, a sword.
* 1663 , (Hudibras) , by (Samuel Butler), part 1,
* Sir Walter Scott
Food, especially snack food.
As nouns the difference between skid and tuck
is that skid is an out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car while tuck is an act of tucking ; a pleat or fold or tuck can be (archaic) a rapier, a sword or tuck can be the beat of a drum or tuck can be food, especially snack food.As verbs the difference between skid and tuck
is that skid is to slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard while tuck is (lb) to pull or gather up (an item of fabric).skid
English
Noun
(en noun)- Just before hitting the guardrail the driver was able to regain control and pull out of the skid .
- In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey.
- Due to frequent arctic travel, the plane was equipped with long skids for snow and ice landings.
- He unloaded six skids of boxes from the truck.
- (Totten)
Derived terms
* on the skids * skid markVerb
- They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street.
- (Charles Dickens)
Anagrams
* * ----tuck
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at touch.Verb
(en verb)Antonyms
* untuckDerived terms
* tuck away * tuck in * tuck into * nip and tuckNoun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- [...] with force he labour'd / To free's blade from retentive scabbard; / And after many a painful pluck, / From rusty durance he bail'd tuck [...]
- (Shakespeare)
- He wore large hose, and a tuck , as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length.
