Dictionary

hopscotch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɑpˌskɑt͡ʃ/ (General-American)
• /ˈhɒpˌskɒt͡ʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From hop + scotch (“scratch”).

Meanings

1. (qualifier:playground games, uncountable) 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.
   • No-one. Meade’s timberyard. Piled balks. Ruins and tenements. With careful tread he passed over a hopscotch court with its forgotten pickeystone. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 5]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:

Deriveds

hopscotcher · hopscotch hashing

Synonyms

peevers · hopper

Translations (70)

gl peletre (child's game) · scn tririticchete (child's game) · eo paradizludo (child's game) · hy դասարանախաղ (child's game) · mi hīkeikei (child's game) · de Paradiesspiel (child's game) · ckb خەتخەتێن (child's game) · de Hinkeln (child's game) · hy կլաս (child's game) · ko 사방치기 (child's game) · es bebelechi (child's game) · ro șotron (child's game) · ast cascayu (child's game) · ka კლასობანა (child's game) · et keksumäng (child's game) · pt amarelinha (child's game) · wa paradis (child's game) · it campana (child's game) · ca xarranca (child's game) · de Hinkelspiel (child's game) · de Hickelkasten (child's game) · ckb خەستەکێن (child's game) · et keks (child's game) · kmr teytok (child's game) · es peregrina (child's game) · cmn 跳房子 (child's game) · no paradis (child's game) · es infernáculo (child's game) · hi हेपस्काच (child's game) · pl klasy (child's game) · gl mariola (child's game) · fi ruutuhyppely (child's game) · es rayuela (child's game) · de Tempelhüpfen (child's game) · eo marelo (child's game) · es truque (child's game) · ja 石蹴り (child's game) · es avión (child's game) · bg дама (child's game) · hu ugróiskola (child's game) · scn chiappeḍḍa (child's game) · de Hüpfspiel (child's game) · el κουτσό (child's game) · mk школица (child's game) · es teje (child's game) · pa ਪੀਚੋ ਬੱਕਰੀ (child's game) · fr marelle (child's game) · sh школица (child's game) · ru кла́ссики (child's game) · pt macaca (child's game) · ga cleas na bacóide (child's game) · tr seksek (child's game) · sv hoppa hage (child's game) · es tejo (child's game) · wa taxhea (child's game) · scn ciancateḍḍu (child's game) · nl hinkelen (child's game) · sh školica (child's game) · ta நொண்டி (child's game) · kmr kupînoz (child's game) · fa لیلی (child's game) · es luche (child's game) · es coroneja (child's game) · ms teng-teng (child's game) · de Himmel und Hölle (child's game) · tl piko (child's game) · es coxcojita (child's game) · mk плочка (child's game) · mt passju (child's game) · cmn 跳格子 (child's game)

hopscotch en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɑpˌskɑt͡ʃ/ (General-American)
• /ˈhɒpˌskɒt͡ʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From hop + scotch (“scratch”).

Meanings

1. (figuratively, intransitive) To move by hopping.
   • As he hopscotched around the world on his Gulfstream IV — he got rid of his homes but kept his private plane — he found himself spending more and more time in Los Angeles, and he also rediscovered his interest in politics and philosophy. 2022 April 6, Michael Steinberger, “How the ‘Homeless Billionaire’ Became a Philosopher King”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by or as if by hopping.
   • Although the events described hop-scotch back and forth in time, the story moves along in an orderly fasion ^([sic]) and is rarely rambling. 1979 April 28, Pat M. Kuras, “Connecting With Women”, in Gay Community News, page 15:

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