The Clue
Zip over the surface (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SKIM
Tags
Notes
The answer SKIM is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.
Related Clues
Hydroplane
Rake
Alternative to whole
Barely read
Far from whole
Glide; sail
Kind of milk
Milk option
Ladle off
Look at the highlights
Low-fat
Not peruse
Read casually
Read cursorily
Read hastily
Read rapidly
Read on the run
Take illegally
Take from the top
Treat cursorily
0% fat, say
Alternative to whole or 2%
Conceal profits illegally
Dairy-case choice
Do a pool job
Fat-free, as milk
Glance through quickly
Less than 1%
Not fully digest
Pass over lightly
Pass swiftly over
Read over hurriedly
Remove cream from milk
Glide along above a surface
Go once over lightly
Take some off the top
Definition
SKIM as a noun:
1. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"
2. (skim, skimming) = reading or glancing through quickly
SKIM as a verb:
1. (plane, skim) = travel on the surface of water
2. (skim over, skim) = move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
3. (scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down) = examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
4. (skim, skip, skitter) = cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
5. coat (a liquid) with a layer
6. (skim, skim off, cream off, cream) = remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
7. (skim, skim over) = read superficially
SKIM as an adjective:
1. (skim, skimmed) = used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"