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skimming through

skimming through is the present participle and gerund of skim through.

Meaning of skim through

Verb

skim through (third-person singular simple present skims through, present participle skimming through, simple past and past participle skimmed through)

  1. to go through something hastily
  2. to read something hurriedly without being attached to details

Questions about skimming through

What is skimming through the present participle and gerund of?
Skimming through is the present participle and gerund of skim through.

Words near skimming through in the dictionary

  1. skimmias
  2. skimmilk
  3. skimmilks
  4. skimming
  5. skimming off
  6. skimming through
  7. skimmingly
  8. skimmings
  9. skimmington
  10. skimmingtons
  11. skimmities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skimming through (page history and authors); skim through (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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