Definition of leap

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Leap (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse..

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Lopeman :: Lopeman (n.) Leaper; ropedancer.
Vault :: Vault (v. i.) To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence..
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
Saltant :: Saltant (v.) Leaping; jumping; dancing.
Runner :: Runner (n.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water..
Leapfrog :: Leapfrog (n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former..
Vault :: Vault (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch..
Ramp :: Ramp (v. i.) To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence..
Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence..
Counter-salient :: Counter-salient (a.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.
Sally :: Sally (v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
Curvet :: Curvet (n.) To leap and frisk; to frolic.
Bound :: Bound (v. t.) To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse..
Exilition :: Exilition (n.) A sudden springing or leaping out.
Hop :: Hop (v. i.) To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do..
Desultory :: Desultory (a.) Leaping or skipping about.
Vaut :: Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.
Start :: Start (n.) The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion..
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