Leaping
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
That leaps; jumping.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
from
leap
, to jump.
a brothel.
a pole used in some games of leaping.
a jumping spider; one of the
Saltigradæ
.
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verb.
Present participle of
leap
.
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noun.
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
Word Usage
"“Nick,” she says, the word leaping out before she has a chance to stop it."
cross-reference
leaping cucumber
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
jump
jumping
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
caper
capriole
pounce
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
beeping
bleeping
creeping
heaping
keeping
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
anabatic
ascendant
ascending
ascensional
ascensive
variant
leap
verb-stem
leap