hopscotch

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hop·scotch /ˈhɒpskɒtʃ $ ˈhɑːpskɑːtʃ/ noun [uncountable]   DGa children’s game in which each child has to jump from one square drawn on the ground to another 跳房子〔儿童游戏〕 →4  See picture of 见图 hopscotch

Examples from the Corpus

hopscotch• Little girls played tag and stoop-ball, hopscotch, skipped rope; big girls sat under the pine tree and whispered.• It wasn't squares for hopscotch.• The court pointed out that even a game of hopscotch could suddenly break into a fight resulting in serious injury.Origin hopscotch (1800-1900) → HOP1 + scotch “line marked in a surface” ((15-19 centuries))

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hopscotch
hop‧scotch /ˈhɒpskɒtʃ $ ˈhɑːpskɑːtʃ/ noun [uncountable]
a children’s game in which each child has to jump from one square drawn on the ground to another

hop·scotchBrE /ˈhɒpskɒtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhɑːpskɑːtʃ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a children's game played on a pattern of squares marked on the ground. Each child throws a stone into a square then hops (= jumps on one leg) and jumps along the empty squares to pick up the stone again. 跳房子（儿童单足跳格子捡石子的游戏）