ALL meanings of hopscotch
hop·scotch
H h - noun hopscotch a children's game in which a player tosses or kicks a small flat stone, beanbag, or other object into one of several numbered sections of a diagram marked on the pavement or ground and then hops on one foot over the lines from section to section and picks up the stone or object, usually while standing on one foot in an adjacent section. 1
- verb without object hopscotch to jump or leap from one place to another: Small birds hopscotched on the lawn. 1
- verb without object hopscotch to journey quickly and directly from one usually far place to another: ambassadors hopscotching from Moscow to Paris to London. 1
- verb without object hopscotch to move or pass through something, as a geographical area or a field of endeavor, making many brief stops: The candidate hopscotched through four states in two days. 1
- verb without object hopscotch to shift from one thing to another quickly or abruptly: The story hopscotches from the present to the past in a confusing way. 1
- verb with object hopscotch to jump or leap over. 1
- verb with object hopscotch to cross over (a large area or distance) in one continuous action: She hopscotches the country in her private plane. 1
- verb with object hopscotch to cross or travel through erratically or abruptly: The escaped convicts hopscotched the valley. 1
- noun hopscotch children's hopping game 1
- noun hopscotch A children’s game in which each child by turn hops into and over squares marked on the ground to retrieve a marker thrown into one of these squares. 1
- uncountable noun hopscotch Hopscotch is a children's game which involves jumping between squares which are drawn on the ground. 0
- noun hopscotch a children's game in which a player throws a small stone or other object to land in one of a pattern of squares marked on the ground and then hops over to it to pick it up 0
- noun hopscotch a children's game in which a player tosses a small, flat object, as a stone, into one section after another of a figure drawn on the ground, hopping from section to section to pick up the object after each toss 0
- noun hopscotch 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. 0
- verb hopscotch (figuratively) To move by hopping. 0
- verb hopscotch (figuratively) To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by hopping. 0