skid mark

See also: skidmark

English

Alternative forms

• skidmark

Pronunciation

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Noun

skid mark (plural skid marks)

1. A black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.
2. 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.

3. (colloquial, humorous, euphemistic) A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl.
4. (colloquial) A mark of a soiled finger wiped on a surface.
5. Any burn on the skin caused by scraping the skin against a surface.

Translations

black mark left on a road surface from tires — see also skidmark

• Dutch: remspoor (nl) n
• Finnish: jarrutusjälki (fi), liukujälki, sutimisjälki
• French: trace de freinage
• German: Bremsspur (de) f
• Hungarian: féknyom (hu)
• Icelandic: bremsufar n
• Italian: segno della franata m
• Luxembourgish: Bremsspur f
• Russian: следы́ торможе́ния m pl (sledý tormožénija), следы́ зано́са m pl (sledý zanósa)
• Swedish: bromsspår (sv) n

any mark or stain left on a surface from a sliding or rubbing object

• Finnish: naarmu (fi) (scratch), jälki (fi) (stain)
• French: marque (fr) f

visible stain on underpants — see also skidmark

• Dutch: remspoor (nl) n
• Finnish: vauhtiraita (fi)
• Hungarian: féknyom (hu), vonalkód (hu)
• Italian: sgommata (it) f
• Portuguese: freada (pt) (Brazil, humorous)
• Russian: кори́чневые следы́ на вну́тренней стороне́ трусо́в m pl (koríčnevyje sledý na vnútrennej storoné trusóv) (no exact term exists), чирка́ш (ru) m (čirkáš)
• Spanish: palomino (es), raspa (es) (Spain), raya de zebra f
• Swedish: bromsspår (sv) n, fartrand c, rost i kalsongerna c

mark of a soiled finger

• Finnish: sormenjälki (fi)
• French: virgule (fr) f (on the wall of the loo)

burn on the skin caused by scraping

• Finnish: naarmu (fi)
• Russian: ссадина (ru) f (ssadina)

References

• “skid mark” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.