leap

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To jump.
2. (transitive) To pass over by a leap or jump.
3. (archaic, transitive) To copulate with (a female beast)
4. (archaic) To copulate with (a human)
5. (transitive) 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. (figuratively) A significant move forward.
5. (figuratively) 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

prance

gambol

rush

dance

💃

jump off

plunge

jump over

jump up

leaping

vaulting

start

bissextile

gallop

frisk

climb over

capriole

move quickly

hurdle

skipping

dash

💨

pounce

dart

🎯

rise

flying

fly

✈️

flop

flight

✈️

cavort

flier

flash

fall off

elevation

caper

bomb

💣

ball

hopping

dive

hindrance

hurdles

hurtle

intercalary

desert

🏜️

Translations

sauter

saut

saltare

saltar

springen

salto

Sprung

salto

salto

saltar

bond

springen

sprong

balzo

brincar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liːp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lepen

Inherited from Old English: hlēapan

Cognate with Western Frisian: ljeppe

Cognate with Dutch: lopen

Cognate with German: laufen

Cognate with Danish: løbe

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: løpe

Cognate with Lithuanian: šlùbti

Inherited from Middle English: lep

Inherited from Old English: lēap

Cognate with Icelandic: laupur

In summary

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 North Frisian laap, luup, luupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Saterland Frisian lope, loope (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Limburgish loupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Low German lopen, loupen (“to run”), Luxembourgish lafen (“to run”), Vilamovian łaojfa (“to run”), Danish løbe (“to run”), Faroese leypa (“to jump”), Icelandic hlaupa (“to run; to jump”), Norwegian Bokmål løpe (“to run”), Norwegian Nynorsk laupa, laupe, løpa, løpe (“to run”), Swedish löpa (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”) (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’).