skid mark
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: skidmark
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]skid mark (plural skid marks)
- A black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.
- Any other mark or stain left on a surface from a sliding or rubbing object.
- The ladder that slipped left a skid mark across the tile floor.
- The girl had skid marks on the knees of her jeans.
- (colloquial, humorous, euphemistic) A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl.
- (colloquial) A mark of a soiled finger wiped on a surface.
- Any burn on the skin caused by scraping the skin against a surface.
Translations
[edit]black mark left on a road surface from tires — see also skidmark
|
any mark or stain left on a surface from a sliding or rubbing object
visible stain on underpants — see also skidmark
|
mark of a soiled finger
|
References
[edit]- “skid mark” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.