snatch the pebble
To fully grasp the meaning of a concept or to develop a skill to a high degree of proficiency, often that rivals some specific expert.
noun
A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach Fillip the stars;
And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
Brazilian pebble
A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
verb
To pave with pebbles.
To deposit water droplets on the ice.
to pebble the ice between games
To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game.