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) Word Originearly 19th cent.: from hop ‘jump on one foot’ + scotch.