skimming

Meanings

Plural: skimmings

Noun

• the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
• reading or glancing through quickly
• failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
• the act of brushing against while passing
• Something skimmed from a surface etc.
• A motion or action that skims.
• The sport of skimboarding.
• Ellipsis of price skimming.
• Ellipsis of cream skimming.
• The act of fraudulently copying a magnetic stripe from a magnetic stripe card, such as found on credit cards and bank cards, through the use of a skimmer

Verb

• travel on the surface of water
• move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
• examine hastily
• cause to skip over a surface
• coat (a liquid) with a layer
• remove from the surface
• read superficially
• present participle and gerund of skim

Synonyms

cream, cream off, glance over, grazing, plane, rake, run down, scan, shaving, skim, skim off, skim over, skip, skitter