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Webster 1913 Edition


Hopscotch

Hop′scotchˊ

,
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; – called also
hoppers
.

Definition 2024


hopscotch

hopscotch

English

Noun

hopscotch (uncountable)

  1. 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.

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Verb

hopscotch (third-person singular simple present hopscotches, present participle hopscotching, simple past and past participle hopscotched)

  1. (figuratively) To move by hopping.
  2. (figuratively) To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by hopping.