skip rocks
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to throw a flat stone so that it bounces across the surface of water
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- 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.