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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|};
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[Noun] | "skim"
1: a thin layer, coating, or film
2: the act of skimming
3: something skimmed; specifically : skim milk
Origin: 14th century ;
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(2) - { skim off } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[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
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[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 "
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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 "
(1) - { skims (through) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "skims (through)"
1: as in thumbs (through), scans;
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# 1 - { Skimming:1170952 }
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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.
# 2 - { skim:1907612 }
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[ "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!"
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[ "skim" ]
1: The thin layer of water that covers the sand after a wave breaks. Also, the action of skimboarding.
* e.g., ... (see skimboarding)
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[ "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.
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[ "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
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[ "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.
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[ "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
# 8 - { skimming:896413 }
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[ "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.
# 9 - { Skimming:16400054 }
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[ "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
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[ "skim" ]
1: tax-free gambling profits, or money taken that is not reported to the IRS
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