hopscotch

Meaning

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.

Verb

1. (figuratively, intransitive) To move by hopping.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by or as if by hopping.

Translations

marelle

amarelinha

rayuela

κουτσό

Hickelkasten

hinkelen

Paradiesspiel

seksek

Himmel-und-Hölle-Spiel

Tempelhüpfen

Himmel und Hölle

Hüpfspiel

Hinkekästchen

Hüppekästchen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɑpˌskɑt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From hop + scotch (“scratch”).