skimming

Other forms of skimming

plural

skimmings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about skimming

What does skimming mean?

skimming means "the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skimming?

skimming has 2 syllables: skim-ming. The stress falls on "skim". In IPA it is /ˈskɪmɪŋ/.

What is another word for skimming?

Close synonyms include skim, grazing, shaving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is skimming a common word?

skimming is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.