skid mark
See also: skidmark
English
Alternative forms
Noun
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
black mark left on a road surface from tires
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any mark or stain left on a surface from a sliding or rubbing object
visible stain on underpants
mark of a soiled finger
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References
- “skid mark” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
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