Associations to the word «Hopscotch»

Wiktionary

HOPSCOTCH, noun. A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.
HOPSCOTCH, verb. (figuratively) To move by hopping.
HOPSCOTCH, verb. (figuratively) To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by hopping.

Dictionary definition

HOPSCOTCH, noun. 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.

Wise words

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