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leap
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What does leap mean?
verb
- To jump.
- To pass over by a leap or jump.
- To cause to leap.
More meanings (18)
noun
- The act of leaping or jumping.
- The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
- A group of leopards.
- (figuratively) A significant move forward.
- (figuratively) A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
- A fault.
- Copulation (by a male animal) with a female one.
- A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
- A small cataract over which fish attempt to jump; a salmon ladder.
- A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
- Half a bushel.
adjective
- Intercalary, bissextile.
proper noun
- Initialism of Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol.
- A solution stack consisting of the Linux operating system, Eucalyptus cloud, AppScale cloud computing framework, and Python programming language.
- Initialism of long-term equity anticipation security, a kind of option having an expiry date farther (running about a year or longer) than the regular ones.
- A surname.
verb
- (archaic) To copulate with (a female beast)
- (archaic) To copulate with (a human)
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IPA pronunciation
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Straight for his flier he would leap while those of his comrades who fought near by would rush to cover his escape.
My eyes turned instinctively in that direction, and I saw a figure leap with great rapidity behind the trunk of a pine.
More book examples (3)
I went down to him, choking for breath, with my heart leaping as if it was like to leap out of me.
Then Cribbens rose into the air with a great leap and a yell that could have been heard for half a mile.
Flambeau was about to leap upon his enemy and secure him once more, when the priest patted him easily on the shoulder.