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hopscotch
(hɒpskɒtʃ)
uncountable noun
Hopscotch is a children's game which involves jumping between squares which are drawn on the ground.
hopscotch in British English
(ˈhɒpˌskɒtʃ)
noun
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
Word origin
C19: hop1 + scotch1hopscotch in American English
(ˈhɑpˌskɑtʃ)
noun
a children's game in which a player tosses a small, flat object, as a stone, into one section after another of a figure drawn on the ground, hopping from section to section to pick up the object after each toss
Word origin
hop1 + scotch1Image ofhopscotch
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