how to pronounce hopscotch

/ˈhɑːpˌskɑːtʃ/

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hopscotch is pronounced in two syllables

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ɑː

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An example use of hopscotch in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… so-called hopscotch highway of milk …”

meanings of hopscotch

verb:

To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by hopping.
To move by hopping.

noun:

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.

hopscotch frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hopscotch occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hopscotch can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hopscotch can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;