skimmer

Meanings

Noun

• A device that skims.
• A person who skims.
• Any of three species of bird in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
• Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima (species)) and large scallops.
• A ballet flat shoe.
• Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
• A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
• A surface ship.
• A small, fast-moving spacecraft.

Verb

• To shimmer.
• To move quickly, to flutter.

Related

Similar words

• scissorbill

Origin

• skim + -er
• Northern variant of shimmer.