n
(idiomatic, dated, rare, chiefly US) A fictitious place or a generic place that could refer to any location.
n
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
n
Synonym of Miller; (An uneven bars skill)
v
To use the claws to climb.
n
(television, film) A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
n
(Canada, US, automobile) A peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of a donut; a 360-degree skid.
v
(idiomatic) To have more important things to do.
n
(military) Synonym of leopard crawl
adj
(informal, automotive) Easy to rev up fast.
v
To traverse scree downhill.
v
To move materials with a shovel.
n
Alternative form of skid [An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.]
n
An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
n
(US, forestry) A rough cleared right of way with logs embedded cross-wise on which logs being harvested would slide or be dragged or skidded.
n
One who travels with a skidding motion.
n
Alternative form of skidoo [(obsolete, attributive) A light that flashes on and off to make it more eye-catching.]
adj
Likely to skid, or cause skidding.
n
(obsolete, attributive) A light that flashes on and off to make it more eye-catching.
n
Alternative spelling of skid row [(derogatory) An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by abandoned or run-down buildings and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution, and frequented by homeless people.]
n
A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
n
(Trinity College, Dublin, historical) A college servant.
v
Alternative form of skrrt [To speed away to another place by means of a vehicle with tires, or in simulation of it.]
n
Alternative form of skite [(obsolete) A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow.]
v
(transitive) To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
n
The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
v
(intransitive) To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
n
(idiomatic, colloquial, US) An old, unattractive automobile, purchased for little money, to be driven during brutal Great Lakes winters while the owner's "good" car remains garaged and protected from corrosive road salt for the season.
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