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cut corners collapse: do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product"

skimp collapse: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

scan collapse: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"; an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"; read metrically; "scan verses"; make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"; move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image; examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"; examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"; conform to a metrical pattern

skim collapse: reading or glancing through quickly; a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"; 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"; read superficially; remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"; coat (a liquid) with a layer; cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"

blink collapse: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly; briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

effortlessly collapse: without effort or apparent effort; "she danced gracefully and effortlessly"; "swallows gliding effortlessly through the air"

befall collapse: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"

slur collapse: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato; utter indistinctly; speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"; play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

gladly collapse: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"

swimmingly collapse: with great ease and success; "in spite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly"

shot put collapse: an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball is hurled as far as possible

spitball collapse: an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it; a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere

fastball collapse: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"

perfuse collapse: force a fluid through (a body part or tissue); "perfuse a liver with a salt solution"

minimally collapse: to a minimal degree; "the cells minimally responsive to lines in this orientation will not fire"

imperfectly collapse: in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen

like clockwork collapse: with regularity and precision; "the rocket launch went off like clockwork"

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