Definition of leap

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Leap (v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig..

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Voltigeur :: Voltigeur (n.) A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.
Leap :: Leap (n.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals..
Saltatorious :: Saltatorious (a.) Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race..
Mooruk :: Mooruk (n.) A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue..
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient..
Bettong :: Bettong (n.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo..
Frisker :: Frisker (n.) One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef..
Gambol :: Gambol (n.) A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.
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..
Walk :: Walk (n.) The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping..
Capriole :: Capriole (v. i.) A leap or caper, as in dancing..
Prosiliency :: Prosiliency (n.) The act of leaping forth or forward; projection.
Feese :: Feese (n.) the short run before a leap.
Bound :: Bound (v. i.) To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain..
Skip :: Skip (v. t.) To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope..
Leap :: Leap (n.) A fault.
Hoit :: Hoit (v. i.) To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.
Vault :: Vault (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
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