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He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.
Arthur Balfour

Meaning of "skimming" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SKIMMING

skimming  [ˈskɪmɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKIMMING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Skimming is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SKIMMING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of skimming in the English dictionary

The definition of skimming in the dictionary is the act of not declaring income so as to avoid paying tax.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SKIMMING


advergaming
ˈædvəˌɡeɪmɪŋ
benaming
bɪˈneɪmɪŋ
brimming
ˈbrɪmɪŋ
climbing
ˈklaɪmɪŋ
dimming
ˈdɪmɪŋ
flaming
ˈfleɪmɪŋ
framing
ˈfreɪmɪŋ
gaming
ˈɡeɪmɪŋ
picture-framing
ˈpɪktʃəˌfreɪmɪŋ
priming
ˈpraɪmɪŋ
rhyming
ˈraɪmɪŋ
rimming
ˈrɪmɪŋ
shaming
ˈʃeɪmɪŋ
shimming
ˈʃɪmɪŋ
slimming
ˈslɪmɪŋ
social-climbing
ˈsəʊʃəl ˈklaɪmɪŋ
swimming
ˈswɪmɪŋ
taming
ˈteɪmɪŋ
timing
ˈtaɪmɪŋ
trimming
ˈtrɪmɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKIMMING

skim milk
skim off
skim-read
skimble-scamble
skimboard
skimboarder
skimmed
skimmed milk
skimmer
skimmia
skimmingly
skimmings
skimmington
skimo
skimobile
skimp
skimpier
skimpiest
skimpily
skimpiness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SKIMMING

becoming
bumming
computer programming
cramming
drumming
gamming
gumming
hamming
hemming
humming
jamming
lemming
linear programming
programming
ramming
scamming
slamming
spamming
stemming
strumming
summing

Synonyms and antonyms of skimming in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SKIMMING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «skimming» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of skimming
brush · coast · cream · dart · float · fly · glance · glide · plane · remove · sail · scan · scud · separate · take off

Translation of «skimming» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SKIMMING

Find out the translation of skimming to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of skimming from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «skimming» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

略读
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desnatado
570 millions of speakers

English

skimming
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उड़े
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القشط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скимминга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desnatação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্কিমিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

écrémage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemangkasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Skimming
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スキミング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스키밍
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Skimming
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lướt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏற்றி குறைத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कीमिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaymağını alma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scrematura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szumiące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скіммінгу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

skimming
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

skimming
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skimming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skimming
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skimming
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of skimming

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SKIMMING»

The term «skimming» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.523 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SKIMMING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about skimming

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QUOTES WITH «SKIMMING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word skimming.
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Arthur Balfour
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKIMMING»

Discover the use of skimming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skimming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Skimming Stones: and other ways of being in the wild
They write that '...there are forces deep in everyone's subconscious that find a pure expression in the simplest of activities. This book explains why we should be taking the time to do them.
Rob Cowen, Leo Critchley, 2012
2
All Sleek and Skimming: Stories
A collection of compelling short fiction for older teen readers.
Lisa Heggum, 2006
3
Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting
Skimming Skimming is sometimes called front-end fraud, as funds are stolen before a booking entry is made. Thus it may be very difficult to detect a skimming Asset Misappropriation Schemes n 91 scheme or to even notice C03 06/30/2010  ...
Tommie W. Singleton, Aaron J. Singleton, 2010
4
Marketing Strategy
The two most common introduction approaches are called price skimming and penetration pricing. The idea behind price skimming is to intentionally set a high price relative to the competition, thereby skimming the profits off the top of the ...
O. C. Ferrell, Michael Hartline, 2007
5
Root Zone Salinity Management Using Fractional Skimming ...
Based on the field research, IWMI will provide irrigation scheduling advisory services to manage root zone salinity by adopting pressurized irrigation application systems with fractional skimming well technology. Based on the software activities ...
Asghar, M. N.Amnad, S.Shafique, M. S.Kahlown, M. A., 2001
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Old-House Journal
As with all plaster repairs, generally your skimming mix should be in-kind with the plaster you are coating. Regardless of the ingredients, skimming plasters are mixed slightly stiffer than usual so that they don't just slide off the surface. You want ...
7
Encyclopedia of Chromatography
Peak. Skimming. for. Overlapping. Peaks. Penicillin Antibiotics in Food: LC Analysis Yuko Ito Tomomi Goto. Wes Schafer Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION Any discussion of quantitating overlapped ...
Jack Cazes, 2005
8
Skimming and Scanning
What team is leading the division? Skimming and Scanning helps students pick out specific information quickly, training them to tailor their reading rate depending on their purpose.
Edward Bernard Fry, 2004
9
Blood Viscosity
PLASMA SKIMMING The concentration of red cells, which in large vessels is quite constant and forms as haematocrit a definite characteristic of the condition of the patient, is not constant in the small blood vessels. The concentration of red  ...
L. Dintenfass, 1985
10
Fraud Examination
Skimming is any scheme in which cash is stolen from an organization before it is recorded on the organization's books and records. The ACFE study revealed that skimming was slightly more common than cash larceny with approximately 19 ...
W. Albrecht, Conan Albrecht, Chad Albrecht, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKIMMING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skimming is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wichita bank officials: A few hundred accounts affected by ATM …
A few hundred customers were at risk of their bank account information being compromised as a result of recent ATM skimming activity, officials with two Wichita ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
2
Nassau County warns of uptick in skimming devices at area cash …
The Nassau County Police Department is reporting an increase of incidents involving credit/debit card information being stolen through skimming devices. «WABC-TV, Jul 15»
3
Police 'Skimming The Surface' On Cybercrime
Police are just "skimming the surface" in their efforts to tackle cybercrime, according to Britain's most senior policeman. In an interview hosted by Sky News with ... «Sky News, Jul 15»
4
Man charged with stealing from ATMs with skimming device
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland State Police say a man charged with stealing $300,000 from ATMs using a skimming device has been arrested at a Florida airport ... «WTOP, Jun 15»
5
Albany 'skimming' suspect caught on camera
The man placed a credit card "skimming" device on the ATM outside the Central Willamette Credit Union, at 645 Waverly Drive SE, on the morning of May 29, ... «kgw.com, Jun 15»
6
Virginia Credit Union's skimming problem expands
Virginia Credit Union said Monday it had discovered evidence of information skimming at a fourth ATM location, now putting as many as 3,300 customer debit ... «Richmond.com, Jun 15»
7
ATM Debit Card Data Theft Is Up As Much As 317%
According to the company, the level of skimming attacks — where a criminal compromises an ATM machine to capture data from an ATM user's card — on debit ... «The Consumerist, May 15»
8
Global ATM Skimming Attacks Are in Decline—But More Lucrative …
Now, the European ATM Security Team has announced that the total number of skimming attacks around the world is falling—but the total gains made by crooks ... «Gizmodo, Apr 15»
9
2 men from NYC charged in ATM skimming case
Two men are accused of attaching "skimming" equipment to an ATM in Warwick to steal customers' banking information. Warwick police conducted a sting ... «Turn to 10, Apr 15»
10
Chicago man convicted in $5 million ATM skimming scheme that hit …
BEYOND BERGEN: Federal jurors today convicted a Chicago man for his role in one of the largest ATM skimming schemes in history, one that stole $5 million ... «Cliffviewpilot.com, Mar 15»

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