hopscotch
noun/ˈhɒpskɒtʃ/
/ˈhɑːpskɑːtʃ/
[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.Topics Games and toysc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: from hop ‘jump on one foot’ + scotch.
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