skidmark

See also: skid mark

English

Alternative forms

• skid mark

Etymology

From skid +‎ mark.

Pronunciation

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Noun

skidmark (plural skidmarks)

1. A long 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 caused by one surface skidding along another.

   The ladder that slipped left a skidmark across the tile floor.

   The man had skidmarks on the knees of his jeans.

3. (colloquial, humorous, euphemistic) A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl.

Derived terms

• skidmarked

Translations

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

• Finnish: jarrutusjälki (fi), liukujälki
• French: coup de patin (fr) m
• German: Bremsspur (de) f
• Hungarian: csúszásnyom, farolásnyom, féknyom (hu)
• Icelandic: bremsufar n
• Italian: segno della franata m
• Portuguese: freada (pt)
• Spanish: frenada (es) f
• Swedish: bromsspår (sv) n

visible stain left on underpants — see also skid mark

• Finnish: paskatahra
• French: trace de pneu (fr) f, trace de freinage f
• German: Bremsspur (de) f
• Hungarian: féknyom (hu)
• Spanish: palomino (es) m
• Swedish: bromsspår (sv) n, fartrand c, rost i kalsongerna c