skim stones BrE
skim pebbles BrE
skip stones , also: skip rocks

Small boys skim stones across the surface of the river.

Several children were playing at the water's edge, skimming stones out over the icy water.

So how is it he never skimmed stones before?

A youth was skimming stones into the water and somebody was yelling for him to pack it in.

This is a live visual we use for the song Skimming Stones at our gigs.

Bullets ricocheted from the water, bouncing like skimmed stones.

"You see," said the professor, "I was teaching Wesley how to skim stones.

Govannan towelled himself down then dressed and walked to the shoreline, where he began skimming stones across the water.

"Skimming Stones"

They skated across the water like skimmed stones in feather clouds of spray, slowly losing speed and sinking deeper as they did so.

An early track - "Skimming Stones" - appeared on the 1986 compilation cassette, Honey at the Core.

Our own children, aged 5, 8 and 12, remembering this stream from a previous trip, jumped in and were soon skimming stones and building makeshift dams.

(You may remember Audrey Tautou playfully skimming stones here in "Amélie.")

Skimming Stones... Sinking Boats (2008)

Single "Des ricochets" ("Skimming stones")

Music Video for Skimming Stones by Sleepthief with Kirsty Hawkshaw.

The demo was conducted by an assistant, who showed Milo exploring a garden, learning to skim stones and finally confiding in him after being told off by his parents.

Songtext: I m just skimming stones against the lake While my dreams pass me by I ve never known what to make o..

"Niagara", "Skimming Stones", "Red Moss", "Concourse" and "Whitewater" are exclusive to this release.

And besides, one time at Ghargha Lake, Hassan and I were skimming stones and Hassan made his stone skip eight times.

Skimming Stones and Other Ways of Being in the Wild - Rob Cowen and Leo Critchley (2012)

The Maestro refused to contemplate writing in any form, and occupied himself in various unproductive ways, leafing idly through his collection of foot photographs or standing at the water's edge skimming stones.

From the top of the slope he looked back, but Richard was ankle-deep in his tiny cove, skimming stones expertly across the surface of the water in a dotted line of silvery spray.

"The unthinkable happens to people every day" : In which a man suffers a nervous breakdown and drives to Scotland where he meets a young girl skimming stones by the edge of a loch...

The group released a single called "Des ricochets" ("skimming stones"), referring to the poor availability of fresh water in the area) which was followed by compilation album Collectif Paris-Africa pour l'Unicef.

They prod jellyfish with spent lollipop sticks and skim pebbles into the surf.

The desire to draw ourselves into Eliasson's picture is like the urge to skim pebbles on the sea.

His bullets ricocheting from the water like skimming pebbles, The Shadow was trying to find the gas tank of the speedboat.

Fished it in spring, swam around it in summer, sailed and skimmed pebbles over it in autumn, and skated on it in winter.

The reason for children being arrested include such childish pranks as skimming pebbles along the road to see who could throw the furthest, throwing a sandwich at someone and breaking a branch off a tree.