hopscotch
noun /ˈhɒpskɒtʃ/
/ˈhɑːpskɑːtʃ/
[uncountable]- a children’s game played on a pattern of squares marked on the ground. Each child throws a stone into a square then hops (= jumps on one leg) and jumps along the empty squares to pick up the stone again.
Topics Games and toysc2跳房子(儿童单足跳格子捡石子的游戏) 词源early 19th cent.: from hop ‘jump on one foot’ + scotch.