noun
definition
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.
verb
definition
To move by hopping.
definition
To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by hopping.
Examples of hopscotch in a Sentence
Teach them how to play hopscotch or tic tac toe.
Blue skies, spring breezes, little girls playing hopscotch on the sidewalk.
After all, the whole business remained supposition—conclusions jumped to like fourth graders in a schoolyard hopscotch game.
Playground games included hopscotch, skipping and in the winter, sliding, which was frowned on.
As children we played hopscotch, football, basketball, Tic-Tac-Toe, checkers, Go Fish, etc. As we grow older our more developed brains crave sophisticated entertainment.
After all, the whole business remained supposition—conclusions jumped to like fourth graders in a schoolyard hopscotch game.
The paths were good for the girls playing hopscotch.
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In the Batiks collection, you will find frames with catchy names such as Because, Got to Go, Later and Hopscotch.
When a youth reaches a certain age, he or she typically abandons hopscotch and skipping rope for more mature endeavors (such as chasing squirrels with a pellet gun).