leap

Meaning

Verb

1. To jump.
2. To pass over by a leap or jump.
3. To copulate with (a female beast)
4. To copulate with (a human)
5. To cause to leap.

Noun

1. The act of leaping or jumping.
2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
3. A group of leopards.
4. A significant move forward.
5. A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
6. A fault.
7. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
8. A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
9. A small cataract over which fish attempt to jump; a salmon ladder.

Adj

Intercalary, bissextile.

Noun

1. A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
2. Half a bushel.

Synonyms

jump

spring

bound

hop

skip

bounce

vault

saltation

gambol

prance

rush

dance

💃

plunge

jump up

jump over

jump off

leaping

start

gallop

vaulting

frisk

bissextile

move quickly

climb over

dash

💨

skipping

dart

🎯

pounce

hurdle

capriole

rise

happy

😀

hindrance

hopping

hurdles

hurtle

intercalary

jackrabbit

jolt

jump on

learn

limp

lunge

mount

obstacle

parachute

🪂

pass over

pellet

porpoise

racing

rear

rebound

ricochet

romp

run

saltus

scoot

shock

⚡

shoot

spearing

spring up

sprint

steeplechase

step

step over

stride

tear

toss

walk

🚶

waterfall

willing

bump along

cause to fly

cut capers

jump to a conclusion

leap over

pounce upon

saltatory

sudden increase

dancing

posture

leap into

flying up

move by bounds

go by leaps

jumping motion

move the limbs quickly

cross river

ascend

throw oneself into

attack

👊

ball

bolt

bomb

💣

buck

bullet

canter

caper

cavort

clutch

curvet

defect

desert

🏜️

dive

elevation

fall off

flash

flier

flight

✈️

flop

fly

✈️

flying

flying jump

frolic

get out of

get up

glad

glide

go

go over

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liːp/

Etymology

From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop.
Cognate with West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Danish løbe, Norwegian Bokmål løpe, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”) (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’).