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