hopscotch

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noun

hop·​scotch ˈhäp-ˌskäch How to pronounce hopscotch (audio)
: a child's game in which a player tosses an object (such as a stone) into areas of a figure outlined on the ground and hops through the figure and back to regain the object

hopscotch

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verb

hopscotched; hopscotching; hopscotches

intransitive verb

: to move as if by hopping
hopscotched across Europe

Examples of hopscotch in a Sentence

Verb The tour hopscotched from city to city. We hopscotched across the country.
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Noun
Liz Moore’s excellent interrogation of class and generational injustice hopscotches among the 1950s, 1961, and the summer of 1975. Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024 Draw a hopscotch court with sidewalk chalk and play a game or two. Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024
Verb
His career was so long and so varied that there’s no efficient way to hopscotch through it. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024 Lay each hoop on the ground in a pattern your child can hopscotch through. Catherine Holecko, Parents, 16 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for hopscotch 

Word History

Etymology

Noun

hop entry 1 + scotch entry 2 (line, score)

First Known Use

Noun

1801, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1918, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hopscotch was in 1801

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Cite this Entry

“Hopscotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hopscotch. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

hopscotch

noun
hop·​scotch
ˈhäp-ˌskäch
: a child's game in which a player hops through a figure drawn on the ground

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