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skimmered

skimmered is the simple past and past participle of skimmer.

Meaning of skimmer

Verb

skimmer (third-person singular simple present skimmers, present participle skimmering, simple past and past participle skimmered)

  1. To shimmer.
  2. To move quickly, to flutter.
    • …he was bounding over the heads of the maidens, and making his feet skimmer against the ceiling, enjoying, the while, the most ecstatic emotions.1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 9

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Questions about skimmered

What is skimmered the simple past and past participle of?
Skimmered is the simple past and past participle of skimmer.

Words near skimmered in the dictionary

  1. skimmel
  2. skimmels
  3. skimmelton
  4. skimmeltons
  5. skimmer
  6. skimmered
  7. skimmering
  8. skimmers
  9. skimmerton
  10. skimmertons
  11. Skimmery

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