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Stone Skipping Glossary
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| Agnew | A stone that hits a person. | ||
| Chuk | Act of throwing stone intended to skip. | ||
| Chukker | Composite of 6-stone set. | ||
| Clear the Bucket | Shoot the last stone of a 6-stone set. | ||
| Cresting Out | Rock hits wave top and takes high angle course with slight rebound. Not a Plonk. | ||
| Ducks & Drakes | British phrase for stone skipping. | ||
| Gerplunking | Children's form of stone skipping. Dropping rock into water with resulting sound: "gerplunk." Also spelled kerplunking. The final sinking plop. | ||
| M.I.S.S. & G.C. | Mackinac Island Stone Skipping & Gerplunking Club. | ||
| Pitty-Pat | Short skips at end of run with light water showing between. | ||
| Plink | A clean-cut skip, usually at head of a run; heavy water shows between hops. | ||
| Plonk | A stone that sinks on first hit of run. | ||
| Plonk Out | The act of throwing a plonk. | ||
| Run | A single stone skip sequence, generally composed of pitty-pats and plinkers. | ||
| Skronker | A stone that never hits water or hits anything. It happens! | ||
| Smut | Danish word for stone skip. |