noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈhɑpˌskɑt͡ʃ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈhɒpˌskɒt͡ʃ/
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CMU ARPABET:HH AA1 P S K AA2 CH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: playground games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To move by hopping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by or as if by hopping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
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 source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: child's game
History
Etymology
From hop + scotch (“scratch”).
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
կլաս
(klas)
— child's game
Armenian:
դասարանախաղ
(dasaranaxaġ)
— child's game
Asturian:
cascayu
— child's game
Bulgarian:
дама
(dama)
— child's game
Catalan:
xarranca
— child's game
Chinese Mandarin:
跳房子
(tiàofángzi)
— child's game
Chinese Mandarin:
跳格子
(tiàogézi)
— child's game
Dutch:
hinkelen
— child's game
Esperanto:
paradizludo
— child's game
Esperanto:
marelo
— child's game
Estonian:
keks
— child's game
Estonian:
keksumäng
— child's game
Finnish:
ruutuhyppely
— child's game
French:
marelle
— child's game
Galician:
mariola
— child's game
Galician:
peletre
— child's game
Georgian:
კლასობანა
(ḳlasobana)
— child's game
German:
Hickelkasten
— child's game
German:
Hüpfspiel
— child's game
German:
Paradiesspiel
— child's game
German:
Himmel und Hölle
— child's game
German:
Tempelhüpfen
— child's game
German:
Hinkelspiel
— child's game
German:
Hinkeln
— child's game
Greek:
κουτσό
(koutsó)
— child's game
Hindi:
हेपस्काच
(hepaskāc)
— child's game
Hungarian:
ugróiskola
— child's game
Irish:
cleas na bacóide
— child's game
Italian:
campana
— child's game
Japanese:
石蹴り
(ishikeri)
— child's game
Korean:
사방치기
(sabangchigi)
— child's game
Central Kurdish:
خەتخەتێن
(xetxetên)
— child's game
Central Kurdish:
خەستەکێن
(xestekên)
— child's game