skip rocks

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to throw a flat stone so that it bounces across the surface of water

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Examples (10)

  • Lars taught me to skip rocks.
  • We spent the afternoon at the lake skipping rocks across the calm water.
  • Do you know how to skip a rock so it bounces more than five times?
  • He found a perfectly flat stone and tried to skip the rock to the other side.
  • My grandfather showed me the best technique to skip rocks on the pond.
  • The children were competing to see who could skip their rocks the farthest.
  • It's relaxing to sit by the river and skip rocks while thinking.
  • She managed to skip the rock seven times before it finally sank.
  • You need a very flat, smooth stone if you want to skip rocks successfully.
  • Instead of swimming, they decided to just skip rocks from the shore.