noun
Meaning 1
A device that skims.
A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
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skimmer
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noun
Meaning 2
A device that skims.
A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
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noun
Meaning 3
A device that skims.
A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
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Qualifier: crime
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noun
Meaning 4
A person who skims.
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
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noun
Meaning 7
A ballet flat shoe.
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Meaning 8
A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
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noun
Meaning 9
Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
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Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
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Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
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Meaning 11
A surface ship.
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Meaning 12
A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
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Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
Meaning 13
Synonym of water strider.
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verb
Meaning 14
To shimmer.
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verb
Meaning 15
To move quickly, to flutter.
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noun
Meaning 16
gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
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Broader terms: coastal diving bird
noun
Meaning 17
a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, straw hat
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Broader terms: hat, chapeau, lid
noun
Meaning 18
a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
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Broader terms: cooking utensil, cookware
noun
Meaning 19
a rapid superficial reader
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Broader terms: reader
History
Etymology
From skim + -er.
Northern variant of shimmer.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مِطْفَحَة (miṭfaḥa) — spoon
- Bulgarian: решетъчна лъжица (rešetǎčna lǎžica) — spoon
- Catalan: escumadora — spoon
- Chinese Mandarin: 漏勺 (lòusháo) — spoon
- Czech: sběračka — spoon
- Finnish: reikäkauha — spoon
- French: écumoire — spoon
- Galician: escumadeira — spoon
- German: Schaumlöffel — spoon
- German: Schaumkelle — spoon
- Italian: schiumarola — spoon
- Italian: schiumaiola — spoon
- Italian: schiumatoio — spoon
- Japanese: 網杓子 — spoon
- Japanese: あみじゃくし (ami jakushi) — spoon
- Korean: 그물 국자 (geumul gukja) — spoon
- Malayalam: കണ്ണാപ്പ (kaṇṇāppa) — spoon
- Persian: کفچلیز (kafčeliz) — spoon
- Polish: łyżka cedzakowa — spoon
- Polish: szumówka — spoon
- Portuguese: escumadeira — spoon
- Portuguese: espumadeira — spoon
- Russian: шумо́вка (šumóvka) — spoon
- Sicilian: scumarola — spoon
- Spanish: espumadera — spoon
- Swedish: hålslev — spoon
- Swedish: skumslev — spoon
- Tagalog: espumadera — spoon
- Tajik: кафгир (kafgir) — spoon
- Ottoman Turkish: كفكیر (kefgir) — spoon
- Yoruba: ìwà — spoon
- Finnish: kuorija — person
- Bulgarian: водорез (vodorez) — bird of genus Rynchops
- Catalan: bec de tisora — bird of genus Rynchops
- Chinese Mandarin: 剪嘴鷗 /剪嘴鸥 (jiǎnzuǐ ōu) — bird of genus Rynchops
- Dutch: schaarbek — bird of genus Rynchops
- Esperanto: tondilbekulo — bird of genus Rynchops
- Finnish: saksinokka — bird of genus Rynchops
- French: bec-en-ciseaux — bird of genus Rynchops
- German: Scherenschnabel — bird of genus Rynchops
- Italian: becco a forbice — bird of genus Rynchops
- Italian: becco a cesoie — bird of genus Rynchops
- Japanese: ハサミアジサシ — bird of genus Rynchops
- Korean: 집게제비갈매기 (jipgejebigalmaegi) — bird of genus Rynchops
- Navajo: yaadaaʼnézí — bird of genus Rynchops
- Polish: brzytwodziób — bird of genus Rynchops
- Russian: водорез (vodorez) — bird of genus Rynchops
- Spanish: rayador — bird of genus Rynchops
- Spanish: pico tijera — bird of genus Rynchops
- Swedish: saxnäbb — bird of genus Rynchops
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