Hopscotch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɑpˌskɑt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hopscotch is a noun meaning (intransitive, figuratively) To move by hopping.
Meaning
(intransitive, figuratively) To move by hopping.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by or as if by hopping.
- (playground games) 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.
Example Sentences
Although the events described hop-scotch back and forth in time, the story moves along in an orderly fasion ^([sic]) and is rarely rambling.
No-one. Meade’s timberyard. Piled balks. Ruins and tenements. With careful tread he passed over a hopscotch court with its forgotten pickeystone.
As he hopscotched around the world on his Gulfstream IV — he got rid of his homes but kept his private plane — he found himself spending more and more time in Los Angeles, and he also rediscovered his interest in politics and philosophy.
Word Forms
- hopscotches
- hopscotching
- hopscotched
Synonyms for hopscotch
Depending on context, synonyms include hopper, peevers.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include peevers, hopper, stabscotch, stoopball, shufflepuck, horseshoes.
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