Clues for the word "SKIM"
We've had 142 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 334 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on January 08, 2026.
Definition of skim
- v. t. - To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
- v. t. - To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
- v. t. - To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- v. t. - Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
- v. i. - To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- v. i. - To hasten along with superficial attention.
- v. i. - To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
- a. - Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
Referring Clues
- Take illegally
- Take from the top
- Dairy-case choice
- Fat-free, as milk
- Take some off the top
- Go once over lightly
- Not fully digest
- Low-fat kind of milk
- Barely read
- Read rapidly
- Kind of milk
- Read on the run
- Read cursorily
- Rake
- Read over hurriedly
- Alternative to whole or 2%
- Alternative to whole
- Less than 1%
- Nonfat milk
- Take off the top
- Glance over
- Read over quickly
- Not whole, as milk
- Whole alternative
- Read the highlights of
- Thumb through
- Word on some milk cartons
- 0% fat, say
- Dieter's milk choice
- Milk option
- Milk choice
- 1% alternative
- Avoid taxes, in a way
- Hardly study
- Fat-free milk
- Read quickly
- Go through quickly
- Glance through
- Read superficially
- Take the cream
- Milk type
- Milk label word, perhaps
- Milk variety
- Milk quality
- Two percent alternative
- Take something off the top
- Embezzle
- Glance through quickly
- Milk selection
- Read hastily
- Low-fat milk
- Take a little off the top
- Scan
- Type of milk
- Read briefly
- ___ milk
- Glide lightly
- Look for keywords
- Cafe thermos option
- Not peruse
- Two-percent alternative
- Study quickly
- Glide lightly over
- Far from whole
- Glide on surface
- Alternative to 1%
- Steal
- Whole milk alternative
- "Read" pages in nothing flat
- Essentially fat-free
- Defat gravy
- Low-fat, as milk
- 0%, in a way
- Make quick work of
- Nonfat
- Give the once-over
- Take in just the highlights, say
- Dairy case option
- Less than 1%?
- Scratch the surface
- Less than 1%, say
- Milk that has no 33 Across
- Look at the highlights
- Browse
- Alternative to whole milk
- Dairy choice
- Small book by Kipling to read superficially
- Take money off the top
- Dieter's milk
- What crooked manager will do off top?
- Kind of milk, pre-reunion tour
- Use ice skates among the Eskimos
- Glide smoothly over
- What some of the Eskimos do with milk?
- Remove (or move close to) liquid surface
- Remove surface from
- Remove floating matter from surface
- For the most part be frugal with cream
- Pass lightly over
- Remove top from
- Remove top card concealing king
- Pass lightly over a point on a Kipling character
- Read speedily
- Milk carton specification
- Glance through introduction to sad Kipling novel
- From the cask I managed to remove the cream
- Glide over
- Casually read through second Kipling novel
- Quickly read through second Kipling novel
- Take the top off
- Fat-free kind of milk
- Glance through to get the main points
- Alternative to 2% or whole milk
- Alternative to 2 percent milk
- Low-fat milk choice
- Scan quickly
- Healthy milk choice
- Leaf through quickly
- Alternative to 2%
- Read in haste
- Graze
- Give a cursory read
- ___ milk (fat-free drink)
- To move lightly means a lot to a runner
- Quickly read
- Leaf through
- Slip along like a runner with a letter
- Look over quickly
- Use ice skates among the desk imps
- Brush (over)
- Milk in a skinny latte
- Go through lightly
- Nonfat milk option
- 2% alternative
- What some of the Eskimos do with milk?
- Under 1%, say
- Nonfat milk type
- Hardly pore over
- Peruse quickly
- Not read thoroughly
- Word before milk or over
- Go over lightly
Last Seen In
- Daily American - January 08, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - December 24, 2025
- New York Times - December 05, 2025
- New York Times - September 17, 2025
- Daily American - September 11, 2025
- LA Times - September 04, 2025
- Daily American - July 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 26, 2025
- LA Times - July 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 07, 2025
- Daily American - May 29, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 16, 2025
- New York Times - April 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 25, 2025
- New York Times - March 14, 2025
- Daily American - February 21, 2025
- USA Today - February 15, 2025
- New York Times - February 09, 2025
- Daily American - January 22, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 17, 2024
- Daily American - November 08, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 02, 2024
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