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skimming

The English word “skimming” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Something skimmed from a surface etc.
  2. A motion or action that skims.
  3. The sport of skimboarding.
  4. The act of fraudulently copying a magnetic stripe from a magnetic stripe card, such as found on credit cards and bank cards, through the use of a skimmer

Etymology

From skim + -ing.

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