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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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Elater :: Elater (n.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.

Breach :: Breach (v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale..

Skip :: Skip (n.) A light leap or bound.

Exilition :: Exilition (n.) A sudden springing or leaping out.

Jump :: "Jump (v. t.) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream..

Gymnastical :: Gymnastical (a.) Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc..

Leap :: Leap (n.) A basket.

Romp :: Romp (v. i.) To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

Overleap :: Overleap (v. t.) To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore..

Saltatory :: Saltatory (a.) Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing..

Overskip :: Overskip (v. t.) To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference.

Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch..

Exsiliency :: Exsiliency (n.) A leaping out.

Crane :: Crane (v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap..

Caper :: Caper (n.) A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank..

Saltatorial :: Saltatorial (a.) Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises..

Skip :: Skip (v. t.) To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope..

Vaut :: Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.

Leap Year :: Leap year () Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile..

Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.