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reading without reading, the noble art of pretending you finished the book
means To read or examine something quickly and superficially, taking in only the main points; or to remove a thin layer from the surface of a liquid.
from From Middle English skimen, related to scum — the froth or film you lift off a boiling pot. The 'reading lightly' sense came later, an apt metaphor: just as you skim cream off milk or scum off broth, you skim a page, gliding across the top and leaving the substance behind.
- milk math
- Skim milk is whole milk minus its personality
- speed read
- Most skimmers retain less than half of what they pass over
- con artist
- Skimming devices steal card data from ATMs and pumps
- stone skill
- Record skipping stone bounced 88 times across water
- surface only
- From Old French meaning to remove scum from liquid
for instance
milk of magnesia — over-the-counter laxative that forms a thin layer you skim off the top of the liquid suspension
skim boarding — water sport where riders skim across shallow beach water on a thin board, popularized in southern california