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Sizzling
- verb - burn or sear with a sizzling sound; "The fat sizzled in the pan"
- characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement; "a red-hot speech"; "sizzling political issues"
- hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound; "a sizzling steak"; "a sizzling spell of weather"
- make a sound like frying fat
- seethe with deep anger or resentment; "She was sizzling with anger"
Skidding
- verb - apply a brake or skid to
- elevate onto skids
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
- slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
Skilling
- - A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.
Skimming
- verb - cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
- failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- read superficially
- reading or glancing through quickly
- remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
- the act of brushing against while passing
- the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
- travel on the surface of water
Skimping
- verb - limit in quality or quantity
- subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
- work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
Skinning
- verb - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- remove the bark of a tree
- strip the skin off; "pare apples"
Skipping
- verb - bound off one point after another
- bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
- cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
- intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"
- jump lightly
- leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"