HOPSCOTCH


Meaning of HOPSCOTCH in English

I. ˈhäp-ˌskäch noun

Etymology: hop (I) + scotch (II) (line, score)

Date: 1801

: a child's game in which a player tosses an object (as a stone) into areas of a figure outlined on the ground and hops through the figure and back to regain the object

II. intransitive verb

Date: 1918

: to move as if by hopping

hopscotch ed across Europe

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.