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

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skiddy skiddier skiddiest

While Deep's skiddy nature found seam movement, the 1.1 degrees of swing India found with the new ball was almost double what England had managed.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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

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

In the gathering gloom and on a skiddy surface, Taylor, who was taller than his Czechslovakian opponent, was outmanoeuvred, losing three straight games to surrender the match.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2012

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

Secondly, the ball's tendency to have a lower, skiddier bounce on grass means Raducanu's serve and groundstrokes have more punch.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Ecclestone's height generates a lot more bounce, while Smith is skiddier and her strength comes from her accuracy.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025

The shorter, skiddier bowlers such as Curran and Wood have struggled for wickets in the middle overs.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2023

Folk singer Woody Guthrie, who spent time in Skid Row, declared it “the skiddiest of all Skid Rows” in his 1943 autobiography “Bound For Glory.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 2, 2015