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    [Verb]  | "skim" | \ ˈskim \


    1: to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance

    2: to remove (a film, a layer of scum, etc.) from the surface of a liquid

    3: to remove cream from by skimming


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English skymmen, skemen, probably from Anglo-French escumer, from escume foam, scum, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schum scum {mat|scum|};

    [Noun]  | "skim" 


    1: a thin layer, coating, or film

    2: the act of skimming

    3: something skimmed; specifically : skim milk


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "skim off" 


    1: to remove a layer of (something) from the surface of a liquid

    2: to take (something valuable) for oneself out of something else

    [Verb]  | "skims" 


    1: to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner;


      * e.g., " ... I'll just skim through a few styling magazines and see if something interesting catches my eye "





    2: to move or proceed smoothly and readily;


      * e.g., " ... a lone hang glider skimming along just above the treetops "





    3: to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing;


      * e.g., " ... her hand just barely skimmed the wall as she ran down the hallway "



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    [Verb]  | "skim" 


    1: to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner;


      * e.g., " ... I'll just skim through a few styling magazines and see if something interesting catches my eye "





    2: to move or proceed smoothly and readily;


      * e.g., " ... a lone hang glider skimming along just above the treetops "





    3: to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing;


      * e.g., " ... her hand just barely skimmed the wall as she ran down the hallway "



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    [Verb]  | "skims (through)" 


    1: as in thumbs (through), scans;


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     [ "Skimming" ]

    1: Short for "skimboarding", the sport of running and jumping on a specially made board and skimming over the surface of the water (usually at the beach). The 2 types of skimming are:

      * e.g.,  ... "hey you guys wanna get some surf?" 


     [ "Skimming" ]

    2: - Sandskimming -

      * e.g.,  ... "nah man, the surf sucks, i'd rather gargle cat wiz... I just wanna skim today." 


     [ "Skimming" ]

    3:  Done by skimming parallel to the beach across a thin layer of water, usually on a sandbar or other flat area. Almost all skimmers start this way, although there's lots of room for expertise with advanced sandskimming tricks.


     [ "Skimming" ]

    4: - Wave-riding -


     [ "Skimming" ]

    5:  With wave riding you start higher on the beach, and run down the slope hopefully getting on your board before the shoal drops off. From there you ride out to a wave, carve into it and ride it in, performing your bag of tricks along the way.

     [ "skim" ]

    1: The act of taking a middleman or drug dealer taking a portion of the product for himself after receiving it from the next person up before selling it to customers, especially when this act is done covertly, IE among friends.

      * e.g.,  ... "Man that asshole said he split up the ounce he bought for us four ways, but I only got 5 grams, he skimmed the sack man!" 

     [ "skim" ]

    1: The thin layer of water that covers the sand after a wave breaks. Also, the action of skimboarding.

      * e.g.,  ... (see skimboarding) 

     [ "skimming" ]

    1: Taking the details off a card at an ATM

      * e.g.,  ... I was a victim of skimming because 


     [ "skimming" ]

    2: usually by adding an additional card

      * e.g.,  ... 2 hours after taking some money out of 


     [ "skimming" ]

    3: reader onto the original slot. The details

      * e.g.,  ... a cash machine in Soho, 300 pounds was  


     [ "skimming" ]

    4: are used to make a fake duplicate. The

      * e.g.,  ... taken out of my account at another machine in Brixton - and I was nowhere near there at the time. 


     [ "skimming" ]

    5: pin number is obtained by watching or


     [ "skimming" ]

    6: filming the victim as he types it in.

     [ "skim" ]

    1: a sense of embarrassment caused by everyday awkward scenarios

      * e.g.,  ... After trying to make fun of everyone at the party for acting stupid, Steven walks into the garage full of people with his member hanging out of his zipper. SKIMMMMM 

     [ "skim" ]

    1: to skim traffic is to change a portion of links on a web page so that they don't direct to a destination originally suggested by their caption or image. This is done, for example, to divert some of the traffic on the TGPs to associated sites.

      * e.g.,  ... Setting skimming to 100, 80, 50 means first surfer's click will go to content (100% skim ratio), second will go to content with 80% probability, all others will go to content with 50% probability. 

     [ "skimming" ]

    1: To steal a fraction of something

      * e.g.,  ... "Frank was caught skimming a penny off each dollar he took in from the deli." 


     [ "skimming" ]

    2: To take a small amount

     [ "skimming" ]

    1: A way that Pat takes money from the cashiers till and costs the club revenue. Usually means going through a bottle every thirty minutes, taking one out of every 8 drafts, and one out of every thirty shots. Roughly costs about $150 a night. Also known as a great way to consider it severance pay and to take the train.

      * e.g.,  ... Why did you fire the bartender pat? He was skimming. 

     [ "Skimming" ]

    1: The action of making a lady orgasm whilst using the vibration of an electric trimmer to shorten her pubes. Someone can make you skim or you can make yourself skim.

      * e.g.,  ... Claire have herself an amazing orgasm by skimming 

     [ "skim" ]

    1: tax-free gambling profits, or money taken that is not reported to the IRS

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