skid mark

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

The ladder that slipped left a skid mark across the tile floor.

b) Any other mark or stain caused by one surface skidding along another.

The girl had skid marks on the knees of her jeans.


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