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   skim·mer

   /ˈskimər/

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing that skims.
   • ▪ a utensil or device for removing a substance from the surface of a liquid: "a perforated skimmer"
   • ▪ a device or craft designed to collect oil spilled on water: "skimmers will be deployed to recover as much oil as is feasible"
   • 2. a hydroplane, hydrofoil, hovercraft, or other vessel that has little or no displacement when traveling.
   • 3. a close-fitting dress: informal US "our collection includes wraps, skimmers, and pleated coat dresses"
   • 4. a flat, broad-brimmed straw hat: North American "his straw skimmer"
   • 5. a long-winged seabird related to the terns, feeding by flying low over the water surface with its knife-like extended lower mandible immersed.
   • 6. a broad-bodied dragonfly commonly found at ponds and swamps. It can rest for long periods on a perch, from which it darts out to grab prey. North American

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French escumoir, from escumer ‘skim’, from escume ‘scum’.

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