hopscotching

Verb

hopscotch (third-person singular simple present hopscotches, present participle hopscotching, simple past and past participle hopscotched)

1. (figuratively, intransitive) To move by hopping.
   • As he hopscotched around the world on his Gulfstream IV — he got rid of his homes but kept his private plane — he found himself spending more and more time in Los Angeles, and he also rediscovered his interest in politics and philosophy.2022 April 6, Michael Steinberger, “How the ‘Homeless Billionaire’ Became a Philosopher King”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by or as if by hopping.
   • Although the events described hop-scotch back and forth in time, the story moves along in an orderly fasion ^([sic]) and is rarely rambling.1979 April 28, Pat M. Kuras, “Connecting With Women”, in Gay Community News, page 15

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