skiddy

American  

[skid-ee] / ˈskɪd i /

adjective

skiddier, skiddiest

1. tending to skid or cause skidding.

   a skiddy shopping cart; an icy, skiddy driveway.

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Etymology

Origin of skiddy

First recorded in 1900–05; skid + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Add in the angle Stokes' action creates and the skiddy nature of Wood and, in theory, England have strong variety despite the lack of a left-arm option.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Stroll started from pole ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on a resurfaced and skiddy circuit not used in Formula One since 2011, compared to an “ice rink” by Hamilton.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2020

There’s light sleet and rain in Kyiv, which is sure to make the pitch skiddy.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2016

For a bowler who’s neither particularly fast nor short enough to be skiddy or tall enough to generate discomfiting bounce, and who was originally a specialist swing bowler, Anderson has developed into a wonderful player.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2015

Economists need cool heads and cold hearts for this sort of work, and they must write in icy, often skiddy prose.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas