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hopscotch

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈhɑpˌskɑt͡ʃ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒpˌskɒt͡ʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
  • Northern Kurdish: kupînoz — child's game
  • Northern Kurdish: teytok — child's game
  • Macedonian: плочка (pločka) — child's game
  • Macedonian: школица (školica) — child's game
  • Malay: teng-teng — child's game
  • Maltese: passju — child's game
  • Māori: hīkeikei — child's game
  • Norwegian: paradis — child's game
  • Persian: لیلی (ley-ley) — child's game
  • Polish: klasy — child's game
  • Portuguese: amarelinha — child's game
  • Portuguese: macaca — child's game
  • Punjabi: ਪੀਚੋ ਬੱਕਰੀ (pīco bakkarī) — child's game
  • Romanian: șotron — child's game
  • Russian: кла́ссики (klássiki) — child's game
  • Serbo-Croatian: школица — child's game
  • Serbo-Croatian: školica — child's game
  • Sicilian: chiappeḍḍa — child's game
  • Sicilian: ciancateḍḍu — child's game
  • Sicilian: tririticchete — child's game
  • Spanish: avión — child's game
  • Spanish: rayuela — child's game
  • Spanish: bebeleche — child's game
  • Spanish: luche — child's game
  • Spanish: peregrina — child's game
  • Spanish: infernáculo — child's game
  • Spanish: coscojita — child's game
  • Spanish: coxcojita (koshkojita) — child's game
  • Spanish: truque — child's game
  • Spanish: coroneja — child's game
  • Spanish: teje — child's game
  • Spanish: tejo — child's game
  • Swedish: hoppa hage — child's game
  • Tagalog: piko — child's game
  • Tamil: நொண்டி (noṇṭi) — child's game
  • Turkish: seksek — child's game
  • Walloon: taxhea — child's game
  • Walloon: paradis — child's game
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