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Related topics: Gameshop·scotch /ˈhɒpskɒtʃ $ ˈhɑːpskɑːtʃ/ noun [uncountable] DGa children’s game in which each child has to jump from one square drawn on the ground to another 跳房子〔儿童游戏〕 →4 See picture of 见图 hopscotchExamples from the Corpushopscotch• Little girls played tag and stoop-ball, hopscotch, skipped rope; big girls sat under the pine tree and whispered.• It wasn't squares for hopscotch.• The court pointed out that even a game of hopscotch could suddenly break into a fight resulting in serious injury.Origin hopscotch (1800-1900) → HOP1 + scotch “line marked in a surface” ((15-19 centuries))hop·scotch nounChineseSyllable in children’s a each which game Corpus child |