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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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..
Spang :: Spang (v. i.) To spring; to bound; to leap.
Exult :: Exult (v. i.) To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart..
Jump :: Jump (v. i.) To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.
Caper :: Caper (n.) A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank..
Rampage :: Rampage (v. i.) To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage..
Dance :: Dance (v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically..
Ballotade :: Ballotade (v. i.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out..
Buck :: Buck (v. i.) To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule..
Walk :: Walk (n.) The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping..
Skippingly :: Skippingly (adv.) In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps..
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..
Gallop :: Gallop (v. i.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds..
Stirte :: Stirt (v. i.) Started; leaped.
Start :: Start (v. i.) To leap; to jump.
Frisk :: Frisk (a.) A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
Leaping :: Leaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lea.
Flea :: Flea (n.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race..
Hop :: Hop (n.) A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring..
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