intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To propel oneself quickly upward or a long way; spring or jump.

intransitive verb. To move quickly or suddenly.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To change quickly or abruptly from one condition or subject to another.

intransitive verb. To act quickly or impulsively.

intransitive verb. To enter eagerly into an activity; plunge.

intransitive verb. To propel oneself over.

intransitive verb. To cause to leap.

noun. undefined

noun. The act of leaping; a jump.

noun. A place jumped over or from.

noun. The distance cleared in a leap.

noun. An abrupt or precipitous passage, shift, or transition.

phrasal verb. To be readily noticed.

idiom. (by leaps and bounds) Very quickly.

idiom. (leap in the dark) An act whose consequences cannot be predicted.

idiom. (leap of faith) The act or an instance of believing or trusting in something intangible or incapable of being proved.

noun. The act or an act of leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.

noun. The act of copulating with or covering a female: said of certain beasts.

noun. In music, a passing from any tone to one that is two or more diatonic steps distant from it.

noun. In mining, a fault or break in the strata.

To spring clear of the ground or of any point of rest; pass through space by force of an initial bound or impulse; spring; jump; vault; bound.

To move with springs or bounds; start suddenly or with quick motion; make a spring or bound; shoot or spring out or up.

To go; travel. Compare landleaper.

In music, to pass from any tone to one that is two or more diatonic steps distant from it.

To pass over by leaping; jump over; spring or bound from one side to the other of: as, to leap a wall.

To copulate with; cover: said of the males of certain beasts.

To cause to take a leap; cause to pass by Leaping.

noun. A basket.

noun. A trap or snare for fish.

noun. Half a bushel.

noun. A basket.

noun. A weel or wicker trap for fish.

transitive verb. To pass over by a leap or jump.

transitive verb. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.

transitive verb. To cause to leap.

intransitive verb. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault.

intransitive verb. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.

noun. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.

noun. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

noun. A fault.

noun. A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.

initialism. Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol

verb. To jump from one location to another.

noun. The act of leaping or jumping.

noun. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.

noun. A significant move forward.

noun. A fault.

noun. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

a leap in the dark  

by leaps and bounds  leap day  leap of faith  leapfrog  leaping lizards  

change  move  shift  switch  

Jeep  Peep  Streep  asleep  beep  

beat  burst  dash  explosion  feat  

accept  access  accession  accretion  accrual  

leapt  

leaped  leaping  leaps  leapt