hopscotches

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Noun hopscotch has 1 sense

hopscotch - 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
--₁ is a kind of child's game

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Hopscotches

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A game in which a player tosses or kicks a small object into numbered spaces marked on the ground and then hops on one foot to retrieve it.

Example sentence:

"The kids played hopscotch for hours in the school playground."

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move or jump quickly and erratically from one thing to another.

Example sentence:

"She hopscotches from one topic to another during conversations, making it difficult to follow her train of thought."

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a manner resembling the game hopscotch.

Example sentence:

"He dashed hopscotches across the field, trying to avoid the puddles."