Hyphenation of skimming

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word skimming? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

skim-ming

Definitions of skimming:

1.	The act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
2.	Reading or glancing through quickly
3.	Failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
4.	The act of brushing against while passing
5.	Travel on the surface of water
6.	Move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
7.	Examine hastily She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
8.	Cause to skip over a surface Skip a stone across the pond
9.	Coat (a liquid) with a layer
10.	Remove from the surface Skim cream from the surface of milk
11.	Read superficially

Synonyms of skimming:

noun	removal, remotion
noun	skim, reading
noun	larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
noun	grazing, shaving, touch, touching

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.