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hopscotch

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) hopscotch (noun)
  2. 2) hopscotch (verb)

1hop·scotch

noun \ˈhäp-ˌskäch\

Definition of HOPSCOTCH

: a child's game in which a player tosses an object (as a stone) into areas of a figure outlined on the ground and hops through the figure and back to regain the object
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Origin of HOPSCOTCH

1hop + 2scotch (line, score)
First Known Use: 1801

Rhymes with HOPSCOTCH

bird-watch, deathwatch, debauch, dogwatch, hotchpotch, Sasquatch, stopwatch, top-notch, wristwatch

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