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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Salt :: Salt (n.) The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.
Ramp :: Ramp (v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp..
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..
Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch..
Dance :: Dance (v. i.) The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music..
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..
Skip :: Skip (v. t.) To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope..
Leaping :: Leaping (a. & n.) from Leap, to jump..
Leapt :: Leapt () of Lea.
Pentathlon :: Pentathlon (n.) A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear..
Leap :: Leap (n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish.
Somerset :: Somerset (n.) A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.
Hoit :: Hoit (v. i.) To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.
Vault :: Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
Skippingly :: Skippingly (adv.) In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps..
Lope :: Lope (n.) An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps..
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..
Vaut :: Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.
Frog :: Frog (n.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime..
Saltigrade :: Saltigrade (a.) Having feet or legs formed for leaping.
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