hopscotch
A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one…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.
» Children were playing hopscotch in the schoolyard.
Meaning
1 senses(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.
Hickelkasten, Hüpfspiel, Paradiesspiel
кла́ссикиklássiki
a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
Examples
9 sentencesChildren were playing hopscotch in the schoolyard.
Let's play hopscotch.
ruДавай поиграем в классики. — Selena777
He's playing hopscotch with his sister.
In the schoolyard you often see kids playing hopscotch.
His early life was one of hopscotching from town to town.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From hop + scotch (“scratch”).From hop + scotch (“scratch”).
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable