Synonyms for hopscotch
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hop-skoch |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒpˌskɒtʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for hopscotch Other synonyms for the word hopscotch
Définition of hopscotch
Origin :- 1801 (from 1789 as hop-scot), from hop (v.) + scotch (n.2) "scratch," from the lines scored in the dirt to make the squares for the game.
- As in wander : verb move about aimlessly
- We p. 71played hopscotch, which is good training for the calves of the legs.
- Extract from : « Christopher Crayon's Recollections » by J. Ewing Ritchie
- With careful tread he passed over a hopscotch court with its forgotten pickeystone.
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- Of children's games, that known as "Hopscotch" was originally a religious rite practised at funerals.
- Extract from : « The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire » by S. W. Partington
- You'll feel weaker still if Hopscotch comes in and finds you with nothing unpacked!
- Extract from : « For the School Colours » by Angela Brazil
- Queke was probably a kind of hopscotch, and penny-prick a tossing game; both enjoyed an evil repute, according to Strutt.
- Extract from : « Chaucer and His England » by G. G. Coulton
- The girls (and sometimes the boys) play a very elaborate kind of hopscotch.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
Antonyms for hopscotch
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