Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as skid, 7.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun engraving See skid, n., 1.

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  • noun skidpad

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them

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Examples

  • While trainings were running smoother than the slippery skidpan Chico cops were cruising on, Beasley admitted the campus is pretty impacted for the first week or two of school.

    Paradise Post Most Viewed 2010

  • I tried to induce some rear wheel slip several times over, but there is just too much grip at the rear end for that to ever happen on anything but a dedicated skidpan.

    Car Advice | News | Reviews Anthony Crawford 2010

  • This next generation prototype is already living up to its 'Swift' namesake with Suzuki's latest little model spied during skidpan Volkswagen to consider Suzuki alliance

    Car Advice | News Blog 2010

  • A snatch of open road without other cars saw me playing around with the rather expensive beast I was in, putting the many skills I learned on that one hour skidpan driving course I went on all those years ago to good use.

    Kottu 2009

  • If you want to take the concept one step further, though, an extra wheel at the back as well can actually make the entire bike narrower while delivering the sort of stability that can let you safely powerslide and drift all four wheels on an oily skidpan.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2009

  • Take a look at the oiled skidpan test video below and tell me you wouldn't love to fang a 1000cc version of that puppy to and from work on a wet day.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2009

  • And so i adventitial to the neuroanatomical of orizaba a solace with me ungratefully i go so that i can skidpan a needless of the fun.

    Rational Review 2009

  • The first thing we discovered was that the power's been fairly well harnessed; with all-wheel drive and ESP working in cahoots it's almost impossible to get the tail out, even on a slippery skidpan.

    Motoring 2009

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