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hopscotch
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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).

[hop + scotch, a score, line.]

hopscotch [ˈhɒpˌskɒtʃ]
n
(Group Games / Games, other than specified) a children's game in which a player throws a small stone or other object to land in one of a pattern of squares marked on the ground and then hops over to it to pick it up
[hop1 + scotch1]
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Noun1.hopscotchhopscotch - 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
Translations
hopscotch [ˈhɒpskɒtʃ] Ninfernáculo m, rayuela f (LAm)
hopscotch [ˈhɒpskɒtʃ] nmarelle f
hopscotch [ˈhɒpˌskɒtʃ] ncampana (gioco infantile)
hopscotch [ˈhɒpˌskɒtʃ] ncampana (gioco infantile)


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