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skil·let noun : a frying pan

skill·ful adjective 1 : having or displaying skill : EXPERT

2 : accomplished with skill

Synonyms

adroit, artful, delicate, dexterous, expert, masterful, masterly, practiced, proficient, virtuoso; also facile, smooth; artistic, creative, fancy, ingenious, neat; adept, clever, cunning; able, adequate, capable, competent

Antonyms

amateur, amateurish, artless, rude, unprofessional, unskillful

skill·ful·ly adverb : in a skillful manner

Synonyms

ably, adeptly, capably, expertly, masterfully, proficiently, well—more at WELL

skill·ful·ness noun : the quality or state of being skillful

1skim verb skimmed; skim·ming 1 : to take off from the top of a liquid; also : to remove (scum or cream) from <~ milk>

2 : to read rapidly and superficially

3 : to pass swiftly over; also : to glide or skip along, above, or near a surface

4 : to throw in a gliding path; also : to throw so as to ricochet along the surface of water

— skim·mer noun

Synonyms

[2] browse, dip, glance, glimpse, peek—more at GLANCE

[3] bowl, breeze, coast, drift, flow, glide, roll, sail, skip, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk—more at FLOW

2skim adjective : having the cream removed

skimp verb : to give insufficient attention, effort, or funds; also : to save by skimping

Synonyms

economize, save, scrimp—more at ECONOMIZE

usually skimp on scant, spare, stint—more at SPARE

skimpy adjective skimp·i·er; -est : deficient in supply or execution

Synonyms

light, meager, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy—more at MEAGER

1skin noun 1 : the outer limiting layer of an animal body; also : the usu. thin tough tissue of which this is made

2 : an outer or surface layer (as a rind or peel)

— skin·less adjective

— skinned adjective

Synonyms

[1] fur, hide, pelt—more at HIDE

[2] exterior, face, outside, surface, veneer—more at EXTERIOR

2skin verb skinned; skin·ning 1 : to free from skin : remove the skin of

2 : to strip of money or property

Synonyms

[1] bark, flay, hull, husk, peel, shell

[2] bleed, cheat, chisel, cozen, defraud, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle, victimize—more at FLEECE

3skin adjective : devoted to showing nudes <~ magazines>

skin diving noun : the sport of swimming under water with a face mask and flippers and esp. without a portable breathing device

— skin–dive verb

— skin diver noun

skin·flint noun : a very stingy person

Synonyms

cheapskate, miser, niggard, tightwad—more at MISER

skin graft noun : a piece of skin surgically removed from one area to replace skin in another area

— skin grafting noun

skin·head noun : a person whose hair is cut very short

1skinny adjective skin·ni·er; -est 1 : resembling skin

2 : very thin

Synonyms

lean, narrow, slender, slim, spare, thin—more at THIN

2skinny noun : inside information

skin·ny–dip verb : to swim in the nude

— skin·ny–dip·per noun

skin·tight adjective : closely fitted to the figure

1skip verb skipped; skip·ping 1 : to move with leaps and bounds; also : to bound off one point after another

2 : to leap lightly over

3 : to pass from point to point (as in reading) disregarding what is in between

4 : to pass over without notice or mention

Synonyms

bound, hop, spring, trip; also caper, frisk, gambol, romp; skim, skitter; jump, leap, vault

bounce, carom, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim—more at GLANCE

2skip noun : a light bouncing step; also : a gait of alternate hops and steps

skip·jack noun : a small sailboat with vertical sides and a bottom similar to a flat V

skip·per noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. MD schipper, fr. schip ship]

: the master of a ship; also : the manager of a baseball team

— skipper verb

1skirmish noun : a minor engagement in war; also : a minor dispute or contest

Synonyms

brush, encounter, hassle, run-in, scrape—more