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.

Concepts

leap

jump

spring

bound

hop

skip

bounce

vault

saltation

prance

gambol

dance

rush

plunge

leaping

jump over

jump up

jump off

frisk

start

gallop

bissextile

vaulting

dart

dash

pounce

move quickly

hurdle

skipping

capriole

rise

climb over

cause to fly

waterfall

caper

cavort

frolic

romp

bolt

flash

fly

lunge

run

scoot

shoot

sprint

tear

jump to a conclusion

attack

jump on

spring up

flight

flying

rebound

ricochet

leap over

move by bounds

pounce upon

buck

flier

flying jump

pass over

sudden increase

glide

parachute

hurdles

racing

steeplechase

flying up

jumping motion

go

move the limbs quickly

go by leaps

intercalary

obstacle

hindrance

porpoise

cut capers

flop

canter

shock

curvet

learn

ball

bomb

bullet

pellet

dancing

hopping

saltatory

leap into

throw oneself into

step

dive

stride

elevation

defect

desert

jackrabbit

spearing

cross river

fall off

get out of

hurtle

go over

step over

limp

saltus

clutch

get up

glad

happy

willing

bump along

jolt

toss

ascend

mount

rear

walk

posture

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’).