hopscotch

== English == === Etymology === From hop +‎ scotch (“scratch”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑpˌskɑt͡ʃ/ IPA(key): /ˈhɒpˌskɒt͡ʃ/ === Noun === hopscotch (uncountable) (playground games) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== hopper ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hopscotch (third-person singular simple present hopscotches, present participle hopscotching, simple past and past participle hopscotched) (intransitive, figuratively) To move by hopping. (intransitive, figuratively) To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by or as if by hopping.