Definition of leap Leap
/liˈp/ - [leep] - leap
We found 34 definitions of leap from 7 different sources.
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What does leap mean?
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NounPlural: leaps |
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| leap - a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | ||
| leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce | ||
| jumping, jump the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump | ||
| capriole, caper (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump | ||
| leap - the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet" | ||
| distance the property created by the space between two objects or points | ||
| leap - an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" | ||
| jump, saltation | ||
| transition a passage that connects a topic to one that follows | ||
| leap - a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" | ||
| jump | ||
| increase the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" | ||
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| leap - pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" | ||
| jump | ||
| switch, change, shift make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" | ||
| leap - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" | ||
| jump, bound, spring | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| jump out, leap out, stick out, stand out, jump jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone); "The attackers leapt out from the bushes" | ||
| bestride, climb on, hop on, jump on, mount up, get on, mount get up on the back of; "mount a horse" | ||
| pronk jump straight up; "kangaroos pronk" | ||
| ricochet, take a hop, rebound, bound, recoil, resile, spring, reverberate, bounce form the boundary of; be contiguous to | ||
| burst come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst" | ||
| bounce hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball" | ||
| capriole perform a capriole, in ballet | ||
| galumph move around heavily and clumsily; "the giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen" | ||
| ski jump jump on skis | ||
| saltate leap or skip, often in dancing; "These fish swim with a saltating motion" | ||
| vault bound vigorously | ||
| leapfrog progress by large jumps instead of small increments | ||
| vault, overleap bound vigorously | ||
| curvet perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse | ||
| hop-skip, hop, skip travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country" | ||
| caper jump about playfully | ||
| hop travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country" | ||
| leap - cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" | ||
| jump | ||
| bound, leap, spring, jump form the boundary of; be contiguous to | ||
| leap - jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre" | ||
| jump, jump off | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- leap (Noun)
The act of leaping or jumping. - leap (Noun)
The distance traversed by a leap or jump. - leap (Noun)
A significant move forward. - leap (Noun)
A fault. - leap (Noun)
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast. - leap (Noun)
A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals. - leap (Verb)
To jump. - leap (Verb)
To pass over by a leap or jump. - leap (Verb)
To copulate with a female beast; to cover. - leap (Verb)
To cause to leap.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- leap (n.)
A basket. - leap (n.)
A weel or wicker trap for fish. - 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. - leap (v. i.)
To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig. - leap (v. t.)
To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch. - leap (v. t.)
To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. - leap (v. t.)
To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch. - leap (n.)
The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound. - leap (n.)
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast. - leap (n.)
A fault. - 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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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leap
To move forward by leaps and bounds.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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leap
lēp, v.i. to move with bounds: to spring upward or forward: to jump: to rush with vehemence.—v.t. to bound over: to cause to take a leap: to cover or copulate (of some beasts):—pr.p. leap′ing; pa.t. leaped or leapt (lept); pa.p. leaped, rarely leapt.—n. act of leaping: bound: space passed by leaping: sudden transition.—ns. Leap′-frog, a play in which one boy places his hands on the back of another stooping in front of him, and vaults over his head; Leap′ing-house (Shak.), a brothel; Leap′ing-time (Shak.), youth; Leap′-year, every fourth year—of 366 days, adding one day in February.—Leap in the dark, an act of which we cannot foresee the consequences. [A.S. hleápan, pa.t. hleóp; Ger. laufen, to run.] -
leap
lēp, n. a basket: a wicker net. [A.S. leáp.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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leap
The sudden fall of a river in one sheet. Also, a weel, made of twigs, to catch fish in.
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