How to say "skid" in Japanese

• スリップCommon
  noun, suru verbCovers a vehicle skidding: losing traction and sliding along a wet, icy, or snow-covered road. For the driving sense of 'skid', this loanword is the word you want.
  雪道せつどうで急きゅうハンドルを切きっちゃだめだよ。スリップしちゃうから。↗

  If you whip the steering wheel around like that on a snowy road, the car is going to go into a slide.
• 歯止めはどめCommon
  nounHere 'skid' means the device, not the motion: a pawl, drag, or catch that stops or holds a mechanism back. Seldom the word for a skidding car; it names the mechanical stopper itself.
• 横滑りよこすべりCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA noun for sliding sideways: a sideslip or skid where the movement is lateral, as when the rear of a car swings out on ice. Use it when the sideways direction matters.
  車くるまが横滑よこすべりして道路どうろから湖みずうみに落おちたとき彼女かのじょは九死きゅうしに一生いっしょうを得えた。↗

  She had a narrow escape when her car skidded off the road into a lake.
• すべるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbThe verb 'to slip; to skid': sliding unintentionally, whether a person slipping on ice or a car skidding on a road. When you need 'skid' as a verb, this is the word to use.
  滑すべって足首あしくびを捻挫ねんざした。↗

  I slipped and twisted my ankle.

Use 「スリップ」 for a vehicle skidding on the road, 「すべる」 for slipping or skidding in general, 「横滑り」 when the slide is sideways, and 「歯止め」 only for the mechanical brake or pawl, not the skidding itself.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• スリップslip
• 歯止めはどめbrake
• 横滑りよこすべりsideslip
• すべるto slip