skidder

English

Etymology

From skid +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɪdə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskɪdɚ/, [ˈskɪɾɚ]
• Rhymes: -ɪdə(ɹ)
• Homophone: skitter (in some dialects)

Noun

skidder (plural skidders)

1. One who travels with a skidding motion.
2. One who moves something by the use of a skid.
3. (engineering) a vehicle for pulling trees out of a forest.
4. The foreman of a construction gang making a skid road.

Translations

a vehicle for pulling trees out of a forest

• Finnish: juontotraktori
• French: débusqueur (fr) m, skidder (fr) m
• Russian: трелёвочный тра́ктор m (treljóvočnyj tráktor), ски́ддер (ru) m (skíddɛr)

Anagrams

• kidders