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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..

Vault :: Vault (n.) To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

Hop :: Hop (n.) A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring..

Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap or bound.

Saltant :: Saltant (v.) Leaping; jumping; dancing.

Venantes :: Venantes (n. pl.) The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey..

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.

Flea-beetle :: Flea-beetle (n.) A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species..

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.

Colugo :: Colugo (n.) A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur..

Leap :: 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..

Feese :: Feese (n.) the short run before a leap.

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard..

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

Water Flea :: Water flea () Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts..

Prosiliency :: Prosiliency (n.) The act of leaping forth or forward; projection.

Bounce :: Bounce (adv.) With a sudden leap; suddenly.

Caper :: Caper (v. i.) To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.

Jump :: Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.

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