Definition of skimming
: that which is skimmed from a liquid
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The steep and narrow canyons of the coast are frequently scoured by debris flows, torrents of water skimming off topsoil and rocks at disastrous velocities.
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The Governator headlines as the star-skimming, accented Earthling, but the real star is the crazy VFX work, which lives on in innumerable GIFs and memes.
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15th Century
First Known Use of skimming
15th century
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