Hopscotch
(noun)
A children's game in which a player tosses a small object into numbered squares drawn on the ground and then hops or jumps through the squares to retrieve the object.
Origin:
The word hopscotch comes from the phrase "hop score" which is an old english game played in the 17th century. the game is thought to have originated in the uk and then spread to other parts of the world. .
Examples:
- She taught her little sister how to play hopscotch.
- The children were playing hopscotch on the sidewalk.
- I used to play hopscotch when I was a kid.
- He drew a hopscotch grid on the pavement with chalk.
- The game of hopscotch is fun and easy to play.