'Skimming' definitions:

Definition of 'skimming'

noun

The act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid

noun

Reading or glancing through quickly [syn: skim, skimming]

noun

Failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it

noun

The act of brushing against while passing [syn: grazing, shaving, skimming]

From: GCIDE

Skim \Skim\ (sk[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed (sk[i^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Skimming.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. [root]158. See Scum.]
1. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth. [1913 Webster]
2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream. [1913 Webster]
3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of. [1913 Webster]
Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]
4. Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Skimming \Skim"ming\, n.
1. The act of one who skims. [1913 Webster]
2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth. [1913 Webster]