skim

Meaning

1. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
2. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
3. To hasten along with superficial attention.
4. To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
5. To throw an object so it bounces on water.
6. To ricochet.
7. To read quickly, skipping some detail.
8. To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
9. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
10. To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
11. To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
12. To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
13. To become coated over.

skim over

slag-off

dross trap

sweep over

soapsuds

fish up

swing out

finish reading

read smoothly

deslagging

computer mouse

deslag

drossing

slag removal

slag streak

cause to skim

removing slag

raking off the slag

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɪm/

From Middle English skemen, skymen, variants of scumen, from Old French escumer (“to remove scum”), from escume (“froth, foam”), from Frankish *skūm (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). See scum.

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