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Definition of Hopscotch
1. Noun. A game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone.
Definition of Hopscotch
1. n. 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; -- called also hoppers.
Definition of Hopscotch
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) To move by hopping. ¹
3. Verb. (figuratively) To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by hopping. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hopscotch
1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hopscotch
Literary usage of Hopscotch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide Books to English by Ada Van Stone Harris, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1908)
"VII hopscotch Capital and Period Draw on paper or on the blackboard a diagram of
a game of hopscotch. Write in the diagram what each space is called. ..."
2. Guide Books to English by Charles Benajah Gilbert (1912)
"VII hopscotch Capital and Period • Draw on paper or on the blackboard a diagram
of a game of hopscotch. Write in the diagram what each space is called. ..."
3. English Lessons by Ada Van Stone Harris, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1912)
"VII hopscotch Capital and Period Draw on paper or on the blackboard a diagram of
a game of hopscotch. Write in the diagram what each space is called. ..."
4. Teaching Young Children Ages 1-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Jill Norris, Marilyn Evans, Cindy Davis (2002)
"Hop, Hop, hopscotch, (hop, hop, both feet down) Hop, Hop, hopscotch, (hop, hop,
... Repeat the last "hopscotch" twice and do a turn before you start back. ..."
5. The Metropolitan (1837)
"The captain of a British sloop of war playing at hopscotch with the boys of the
vessel ... Who is for hopscotch ?" said our noble commander of an evening, ..."
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