(playground games) 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.
(playground games) 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.
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The Scottish word for hopscotch — the classic children's pavement game where players toss a stone and hop through numbered squares chalked on the ground. While the rest of the English-speaking world says hopscotch, Scottish kids grew up calling it peevers, and the word carries all the nostalgia of postwar street play. The "peever" itself can also refer to the stone or marker used in the game.
(Scotland) hopscotch.
(intransitive, transitive, slang) To begin playing a video game.
More skips than the world hopscotch championships
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(intransitive, figuratively) To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by or as if by hopping.
As he hopscotched around the world on his Gulfstream IV — he got rid of his homes but kept his private plane — he found himself spending more and more time in Los Angeles, and he also rediscovered his interest in politics and philosophy.
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(intransitive, figuratively) To move by hopping.
As he hopscotched around the world on his Gulfstream IV — he got rid of his homes but kept his private plane — he found himself spending more and more time in Los Angeles, and he also rediscovered his interest in politics and philosophy.
“Let's stop with the chess references. Trump doesn't know these games cept maybe hopscotch”
“7hr of sewing and she's done! I should have completed this over several days instead of 1 long night 💦 #MeMadeMay Pattern: Hopscotch Jumper by Matchy Matchy Sewing Club. Button & Fabric: Soft Denim Washed Indigo 10 oz by Stylemaker fabrics”
“been crafting up ideas for Tuley's stories of adventure and realized I can have my old halfling bard, Hopscotch, appear as well so drew out a full outfit for him. He's got a frog song in their heart but has a bit of stage fright performing in front of a crowd 🐸🎶 #ocart #ocsky”
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