[Fictionary] dap results

[Hutch]

Indeed! I knew that "pitty-pat" was the name of the small skips at the
end, but could not remember what the larger skips were called. I would
not have been in the least surprised to find that really was the word.
I guess that the idea that rock-skipping actually has jargon was the
unbelievable bit.

BB,
Hutch

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On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcote at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> dap, n. In rock-skipping, a larger, clearly separate skip; compare
> "pitty-pat"
> --Hutch(3)
> Two points for correct guess.
> Elliott: Plainly made-up, but I like onomatopoeia.  One point.
> Elliott: OED:  "A bounce of a ball; a hop of a stone on the water."
> Ranjit: If I win this round (which I won't, since I didn't write a def), I
> will ask everyone to write definitions that end with "compare
> 'pitty-pat'".
>
>
> Had I gotten around to voting, I probably would have gone for this one
> because it's *not* made up.  I believe Hutch co-opted a real definition
> here.  "Pitty-pat" is in fact the term for the short skips at the end, and I
> can't remember what the big early ones are called, maybe something like
> "plink" or "plunk".
>
> (A quick web search reveals that it's "plink".)