1. [n]  an unexpected slide
2. [n]  one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
3. [v]  move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
4. [v]  slide without control, as of a car that does not grip the road
5. [v]  apply a brake or skid to
6. [v]  elevate onto skids

Skid
This fifth collection by Young further exhibits his surrealist charm and witty insight. Anything can happen in these poems, and when it does, Young seizes the occasion to underscore the absurd and the ironic.

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1. \Skid\, n.
   1. (A["e]ronautics) A runner (one or two) under some flying
      machines, used for landing.
   2. [From the v.] Act of skidding; -- called also {side slip}.
   

2. \Skid\, v. i.
   1. To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from
      turning while the vehicle moves onward.
   2. To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on
      the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or
      automobile.
   

3. \Skid\, v. t. (Forestry)
   To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.
   

4. \Skid\ (sk[i^]d), n. [Icel. sk[=i][eth] a billet of wood.
   See {Shide}.] [Written also {skeed}.]
   1. 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.
   2. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive
      pressure. Specifically:
      (a) pl. (Naut.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to
          protect it in handling a cargo. --Totten.
      (b) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so
          as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a
          door, along which anything is moved by sliding or
          rolling.
      (c) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for
          supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
   

5. \Skid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skidded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Skidding}.]
   1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause
      to move on skids.
   2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. --Dickens.