hopscotch
(intransitive, figuratively) To move by hopping.
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Oh yes. Our playground had painted hopscotch areas for us to use.
There’s a hopscotch grid at my grandson’s P school
More skips than the world hopscotch championships
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 o…
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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”
— Bluesky· May 2026“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”
— Bluesky· May 2026“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”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(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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(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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