English Explanatory Dictionary

skid car

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A car with a frame on casters attached to it (a skid frame), which lowers the effective weight of the car on its tires, allowing easy skids, simulating aquaplaning and driving on ice
noun
  1. A car used in skid plate racing (skid car racing) where a front-wheel-drive four-wheeled car has its rear wheels replaced by skid plates

Word forms

skid car skid cars skidcar

Etymology

From skid + car.

Related words

drift racing
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