skimming

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of skim
noun
  1. Something skimmed from a surface etc.
  2. A motion or action that skims.
  3. The sport of skimboarding.
  4. Ellipsis of price skimming.
  5. Ellipsis of cream skimming.
  6. 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

Word forms

skimming skimmings

Etymology

From skim + -ing.

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