hopscotch v.
1. (US Und.) to take a chance.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Wash. Times (DC) 14 Sept. 10/3: Hopscotching — Taking chances. | |
| How I Became a Detective 92: Hopscotching – Taking chances. | |
| St Louis Post-Despatch 16 Jan. 25/2: This joint isn’t doing any hop-scotching (taking chances). |
2. (US Und.) to move frequently from place to place.
| Vocab. Criminal Sl. |
3. (US Und.) to travel the country with a confidence game.
| Big Con 299: To hopscotch. To go on the road with a confidence game. |
4. (US) to have many sexual partners.
| Voices from the Love Generation 138: ‘You went through a stage of what he called “hopscotch?”’ [...] ‘You can sincerely ball a lot of people.’. |
In derivatives
1. (US Und.) a peripatetic confidence trickster.
| Hey, Sucker 160: The next week a hopscotcher came along. |
2. (US Und.) a carnival showman who moves from place to place.
| Hey, Sucker 100: hopscotchers ... showmen and concessionaires who move about the country independently of any one organization. |