See Also: hopscotch(dictionary)
hopscotch(dictionary)

hopscotch (iou)



hopscotch noun. E19.
[from HOP verb1 + SCOTCH noun1.]
A children's game involving hopping on one foot over lines or between compartments marked on the ground, over or into which a flat stone or similar object has been cast for retrieval.
J. L. Waten I joined the..game of hopscotch on white squares drawn in chalk on the footpath.
Also hop-scot noun (rare): only in L18.