hop‧scotch /ˈhɒpskɒtʃ $ ˈhɑːpskɑːtʃ/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: ⇒ hop1 + scotch 'line marked in a surface' (15-19 centuries)]
a children’s game in which each child has to jump from one square drawn on the ground to another
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲