1. the act of reading quickly for main ideas
2. the illegal practice of stealing credit card information
Usage: criminal activity

1. reading quickly to get the main ideas without reading every word
Usage: present participle of ‘skim’
2. removing something from the surface of a liquid
Usage: present participle of ‘skim’
3. moving lightly and quickly over a surface
Usage: present participle of ‘skim’

Examples

• She was skimming through the newspaper during breakfast.
• The chef was skimming the fat from the soup.
• The stone went skimming across the water’s surface.
• Skimming is a useful technique for test preparation.
• The bird was skimming just above the lake.
• Police arrested suspects involved in credit card skimming.
• Try skimming the chapter first before reading it carefully.