hopscotch

hop·scotch  (hpskch)

n.

A children's game in which players toss a small object into the numbered spaces of a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces to retrieve the object.

intr.v. hop·scotched, hop·scotch·ing, hop·scotch·es

To move in or as if in a series of irregular jumps: "hopscotching across dozens of new cable channels" Harry F. Waters.

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[hop¹ + scotch¹, a score, line.]

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hopscotch

Noun

a children's game in which a player throws a stone to land in one of a pattern of squares marked on the ground and then hops over to it to pick it up [hop + obsolete scotch a line, scratch]

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Noun

1.

hopscotch - a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone child's game - a game enjoyed by children