noun
- A children's game played by hopping through numbered squares drawn on the ground, typically throwing a stone or marker into each square in sequence.
Usage: informal; chiefly North American; also spelled potsy or pottsie
Examples
- The kids drew a potsie board on the sidewalk with chalk.
- She won the potsie game by hopping through all the squares without losing her balance.
- We used to play potsie during recess when I was in elementary school.
- He tossed his stone into the first square of the potsie court.
- The neighborhood children gathered to play potsie after school.