skim

IPA: skˈɪm

A cursory reading, skipping the details.
(informal) Skim milk.
The act of skimming.
That which is skimmed off.
Theft of money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.

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

Examples of "skim" in Sentences

While I highly recommend it, this is not the sort of reading that you can profitably "skim".
-- After a part or all of the cream has been removed from whole milk, that which remains is called skim milk.
My grandmother, a Depression-era Okie, called skim milk “blue john” and said it was only fit for “slopping hogs.”
This isn’t to say that books aren’t worth your time — the whole reason I flip and skim is that book-reading is so vital.
To achieve it, we had to learn how to 'skim' - that is, how to make selective readings from the enormous volume of data that arrives to our senses.
Investigators with the U.S. Secret Service allege the servers were working for a larger fraud ring and were using electronic devices to "skim" the credit card numbers of those they served at the restaurant.
Investigators with the U.S. Secret Service allege the servers were working for a larger fraud ring and were using electronic devices to "skim" the credit card numbers of customers they served at the restaurant.
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