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hopscotch

Syllabification: (hop·scotch)
Pronunciation: /ˈhäpˌskäCH/
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Definition of hopscotch

noun

  • a children’s game in which each child by turn hops into and over squares marked on the ground to retrieve a marker thrown into one of these squares.

verb

[no object] North American
  • skip from place to place; move erratically:the blackouts hopscotched around eight Western states he hopscotched from Indonesia to Hong Kong to Australia to Japan

Origin:

early 19th century: from hop1 + scotch1

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