[
US
/ˈskɪmɝ/
]
[ UK /skˈɪmɐ/ ]
[ UK /skˈɪmɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a rapid superficial reader
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
How To Use skimmer In A Sentence
- I'm reading some strain on the skimmer drive from that stunt, but it's nothing we can't fix upon hitting port.
- A string of tiny skimmers were whipped out during the contest with over 300 fish going to make up the net of 6lb 12 oz, enough for seventh place in the 96 field.
- His winning catch was made up of around 17 lb of carp plus skimmers and perch on pole and maggot at 14 metres.
- It's what we call a fox-tail skimmer and it's connected to a roller and a squeegee system," he says. NPR Topics: News
- _ -- Select a quart of fine large berries, rather under than over ripe; boil three quarters of a pound of sugar to the crack; drop the strawberries into the syrup after it is removed from the fire; return them to the range; let them boil gently once; take out the berries most carefully with the skimmer; lay them on the compotier; boil the syrup fast, skimming it carefully then pour it over the fruit. Choice Cookery
- Fishing a groundbait feeder, and alternating worm and red maggot hookbaits, he took a brace of skimmers plus three roach for his winning 3lb 15 oz.
- Fishing the depth with pellet, he whipped out a mixed net of small carp, tench, chub, barbel and skimmers totalling 68 lb 9oz
- The soldiers fell and Fox gunned the engine of his rover to bring him parallel with the skimmer.
- Some skimmers work by separating the top layer mechanically; others use a sort of blotter or a suction mechanism.
- Fraudsters target ATMs with fake keypads to swipe pin numbers and skimmers that record card data. Banking With Strangers
