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What (who) is Skimmer - definition
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Skimmers; Skimmer (disambiguation); Skimmer (insect)
skimmer
¦ noun
1. a person or thing that skims.
2. a long-winged seabird which feeds by skimming over the water surface with its knife-like lower mandible immersed. [Genus Rynchops: three species.]
3. North American term for darter (in sense 3).
4. chiefly N. Amer. a flat broad-brimmed straw hat.
Origin
ME: from OFr. escumoir, from escumer 'skim', from escume 'scum'.
skimmer
U.S. Naval Term. Any naval crewman of a ship or craft that operates on the surface of the water.
In common use in today's U.S. Navy, this informal term derives from one meaning of the verb skim, meaning "To glide or pass quickly over or along (a surface)."
It is one of three terms that very generally classifies a sailor into one of the three levels on which the Navy operates and fights: below the sea (bubbleheads), on the sea (skimmers), and above the sea (airdales).
See also in the Pseudodictionary: Bubblehead, Airdale.
One submariner speaking to another about a sailor on a surface ship: "Ah, what does he know about submarines. He's a skimmer."
In common use in today's U.S. Navy, this informal term derives from one meaning of the verb skim, meaning "To glide or pass quickly over or along (a surface)."
It is one of three terms that very generally classifies a sailor into one of the three levels on which the Navy operates and fights: below the sea (bubbleheads), on the sea (skimmers), and above the sea (airdales).
See also in the Pseudodictionary: Bubblehead, Airdale.
One submariner speaking to another about a sailor on a surface ship: "Ah, what does he know about submarines. He's a skimmer."
Skimmer
·noun One who, or that which, skims; ·esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed.
II. Skimmer ·noun Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops.
III. Skimmer ·noun Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill.
Examples of use of Skimmer
1. I hate being beaten, whether it‘s in a rugby match, throwing a skimmer on the beach or even a game of table tennis with my brother.
2. The Skimmer pride lives across the river on the mainland, but they swim to the island whenever buffalo are in sight.
3. The device included a skimmer, which copied the information on the cards magnetic strip, and a tiny camera that transmitted a moving image of the customer s PIN being entered on the keypad.
4. Deboarding from the tour boat Skimmer at Aransas one sunny morning a few days before Christmas, Mike Dixon explained why he and his family drove in from West Texas just to see the huge white birds and their rusty brown chicks.