Definition of leap

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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..

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Saltatorious :: Saltatorious (a.) Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge..
Bounce :: Bounce (n.) A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like..
Lep :: Lep (obs. strong imp.) of Leap. Leaped.
Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.
Salt :: Salt (n.) The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.
Skip :: Skip (n.) A light leap or bound.
Jump :: "Jump (v. t.) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream..
Caper :: Caper (v. i.) To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
Hop :: Hop (n.) A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring..
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..
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..
Salience :: Salience (n.) The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
Vault :: Vault (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
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..
Subsultus :: Subsultory (a.) Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.
Frisk :: Frisk (a.) A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
Bound :: Bound (v. t.) To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A leap; a bound; a jump.
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