"skimming" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: skimmings [plural]
Etymology: skim + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skim|ing}} skim + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} skimming (countable and uncountable, plural skimmings)
  1. Something skimmed from a surface etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-skimming-en-noun-OF8Oz1dG
  2. A motion or action that skims. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-skimming-en-noun-knyVmffk
  3. (uncountable) The sport of skimboarding. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-skimming-en-noun-PHs0E0vA
  4. (uncountable, finance) Short for price skimming. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: price skimming Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-skimming-en-noun-UQBJ7gx4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 8 25 19 15 19 Topics: business, finance
  5. (uncountable, economics) Short for cream skimming. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: cream skimming Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-skimming-en-noun-0oEg1tW4 Topics: economics, science, sciences
  6. (crime) 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 Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-skimming-en-noun-IOJIXlqw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sea skimming, stone skimming

Verb [English]

Etymology: skim + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skim|ing}} skim + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} skimming
  1. present participle and gerund of skim Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: skim
    Sense id: en-skimming-en-verb-4goZQcI1 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 8 7 9 19 17 13 26

Inflected forms

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