skate v also skeet*. To throw flat stones over the surface of water; to play ducks-and-d rakes; SKITTER v.
P 148-61 Skeeting [is] shying flat rocks over the surface of the water. C 69-7 I often had the habit of skating rocks on water. The idea was to see who could make a rock skate or hop the most times. 1971 NOSEWORTHY 243 Skating a rock—a game where a flat stone is thrown to bounce several times on top of the water.
