1A long black mark left on a road surface by the tyres of a skidding vehicle.
there were no skid marks at the crash scene to indicate how fast he had been travelling
Example sentencesExamples
There was a long skid mark in the grass that clearly indicated what had happened.
Skid marks from the Harley stain the driveway.
This skid mark of wheels turning right is the only evidence of her futile attempt to avoid disaster.
Residents said skid marks up to 50 yards long could be seen from stunts pulled at about 3am.
Her mother cannot forget the 90-yard skid marks left on the road.
My son's been nearly hit on two occasions and the last skid mark we had outside the house measured 73 ft.
A black skid mark snaked across the double yellow line, and stopped abruptly before the rock face.
Is that a skid mark on the ground?
There were skid marks where she applied her brakes to no avail.
The white markings are used apparently to enable the camera to pick up the skid mark which commenced just before the green cross and continued on for a distance which was measured at 10.5 metres.
He confirmed that there are no photographs of any skid marks or acceleration marks on the roadway.
It is an incontrovertible fact that there were skid marks.
Indeed, he went further than that because he said that the impact most likely occurred during the skid mark.
The experts agree that a car travels through some indeterminable distance from the time a brake pedal is depressed until the wheels are stopped sufficiently to leave a skid mark.
The barrier had been broken, and there were skid marks on the road.
There were skid marks on the road.
He was not aware of the existence of the 10 metres of skid marks on the correct side of the road.
And the racetrack shows skid marks, cracks and you'll occasionally see thick clouds of smoke.
He confined his expert opinion to what speed the defendant's vehicle was travelling at having regard to the skid mark of 10.5 meters.
That is a skid mark made by the right wheel or tyre of the vehicle.
2informal A faecal stain on the inside of a person's underpants.
his undies had more skid marks than the Grand Prix circuit
Definition of skid mark in US English:
skid mark
noun
1A long black mark left on a road surface by the tires of a skidding vehicle.
Example sentencesExamples
My son's been nearly hit on two occasions and the last skid mark we had outside the house measured 73 ft.
Her mother cannot forget the 90-yard skid marks left on the road.
There was a long skid mark in the grass that clearly indicated what had happened.
Skid marks from the Harley stain the driveway.
Indeed, he went further than that because he said that the impact most likely occurred during the skid mark.
It is an incontrovertible fact that there were skid marks.
The barrier had been broken, and there were skid marks on the road.
That is a skid mark made by the right wheel or tyre of the vehicle.
There were skid marks where she applied her brakes to no avail.
A black skid mark snaked across the double yellow line, and stopped abruptly before the rock face.
He confined his expert opinion to what speed the defendant's vehicle was travelling at having regard to the skid mark of 10.5 meters.
He confirmed that there are no photographs of any skid marks or acceleration marks on the roadway.
The experts agree that a car travels through some indeterminable distance from the time a brake pedal is depressed until the wheels are stopped sufficiently to leave a skid mark.
This skid mark of wheels turning right is the only evidence of her futile attempt to avoid disaster.
He was not aware of the existence of the 10 metres of skid marks on the correct side of the road.
Residents said skid marks up to 50 yards long could be seen from stunts pulled at about 3am.
Is that a skid mark on the ground?
The white markings are used apparently to enable the camera to pick up the skid mark which commenced just before the green cross and continued on for a distance which was measured at 10.5 metres.
And the racetrack shows skid marks, cracks and you'll occasionally see thick clouds of smoke.
There were skid marks on the road.
2informal A fecal stain on the inside of a person's underpants.