Definition of leap

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Leap (n.) The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound..

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Outleap :: Outleap (n.) A sally.
Exilition :: Exilition (n.) A sudden springing or leaping out.
Rampage :: Rampage (v. i.) To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage..
Psylla :: Psylla (n.) Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae..
Hoit :: Hoit (v. i.) To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.
Jump :: Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
Bissextile :: Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400..
Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap or bound.
Skip :: Skip (v. i.) To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
Vaulter :: Vaulter (n.) One who vaults; a leaper; a tumbler.
Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.
Croupade :: Croupade (n.) A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.
Buck :: Buck (v. i.) To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule..
Leaper :: Leaper (n.) One who, or that which, leaps..
Over :: Over (prep.) Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table..
Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like..
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence..
Leep :: Leep (strong imp.) Leaped.
Vaut :: Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.
Salience :: Salience (n.) The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
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