skimmer
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- noun
- /ˈskɪmər/
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ojeador
- I applied your speed reading techniques, which, as many have pointed out, was just skimming, but let's not get into that.
Examples
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So I am very lightly skimming, right?
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It's generally done throughout the internet in order to draw the eye of a skimmer to the key passages.
Blog text (22) -
I am a book skimmer.
Blog text (15) -
I'm more of a paragraph re-reader than a skimmer.
Blog text (15) -
They are catering for the skimmer, the reader who looks over the content, searching for specific things, perhaps scanning a list of headlines to find the article they want, and in doing so demote the importance of the actual text, since a long blob of text is not part of that skimming mode.
Blog text (18) -
"Melville's" deep diving reader relies less on collaboration than on the discovery of deep significances hidden by the storyteller to deceive the superficial skimmer of pages.
Academic text (1994) -
As a fast reader, she is often a skimmer, quickly moving through articles for the main ideas.
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Most students are skimmers who glance at textbooks instead of carefully reading every page.
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The website is designed for skimmers, highlighting important information to catch their attention.
Synonyms
A person who flips quickly through pages without care
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skimmer for a person who reads quickly comes from skim, which can mean 'to look over the surface'. A skimmer reads only the main points and not the details, so the name describes that quick style of reading.