skid
noun
a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
is skidding
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present progressiveof skid (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The People's Bank of China has to cut interest rates, and the yuan is skidding to two-year lows against the dollar.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2022
In the hour before dusk, Marty Singer, the man celebrities call when a career is skidding toward scandal, stepped to a window on the 24th floor of his Century City law firm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
He sets up no depreciation fund to buy new equipment, and the number of riders on his buses is skidding fast.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its stock is skidding along near a nine-month low.
From Time Magazine Archive
