Definition of leap

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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..

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Lep :: Lep (obs. strong imp.) of Leap. Leaped.
Saltant :: Saltant (v.) Leaping; jumping; dancing.
Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch..
Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap or bound.
Friskal :: Friskal (n.) A leap or caper.
Saltation :: Saltation (n.) A leaping or jumping.
Leep :: Leep (strong imp.) Leaped.
Breach :: Breach (v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale..
Insult :: Insult (v. t.) To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
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..
Croupade :: Croupade (n.) A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.
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..
Flying Fish :: Flying fish () A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans..
Bettong :: Bettong (n.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo..
Jump :: Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
Bounce :: Bounce (n.) A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
Elater :: Elater (n.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.
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..
Leapingly :: Leapingly (adv.) By leaps.
Counter-salient :: Counter-salient (a.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.
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