skimmer

[skim-er]

skim·mer

[skim-er]
noun
1.
a person or thing that skims.
2.
a shallow utensil, usually perforated, used in skimming liquids.
3.
any of several gull-like birds of the family Rynchopidae, that skim the water with the elongated lower mandible immersed while in search of food.
4.
a stiff, wide-brimmed hat with a shallow flat crown, usually made of straw.
5.
a woman's A-line dress with side darts that shape it slightly to the body.

Origin:
1350–1400; skim + -er1; replacing Middle English skemour, skymour, variant of schumour < Middle French (e)scumoir ladle for skimming; see scum
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Skimmer is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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skimmer (ˈskɪmə)
 
n
1.  a person or thing that skims
2.  any of several mainly tropical coastal aquatic birds of the genus Rhynchops, having long narrow wings and a bill with an elongated lower mandible for skimming food from the surface of the water: family Rynchopidae, order Charadriiformes
3.  a flat perforated spoon used for skimming fat from liquids

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