leapfrog

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.
2. (British, attributive, countable, uncountable, usually) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.

Verb

1. (transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
2. (transitive) To overtake.
3. (intransitive) To progress.
4. (British, transitive) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
5. (transitive) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.

Synonyms

leap-frog

surpass

leapfrogging

brush off

bypass

exceed

executioner

get around

get by

go around

go past

hop

journey

master

outpace

outperform

outstrip

overhaul

overrun

overstep

overtake

pass

reshuffle

short-circuit

span

surmount

top

🔝

tramp

transgress

transit

travel

violist

beggar

wave off

bridge

brush aside

Translations

saute-mouton

Bockspringen

eixo-badeixo

carniça

cavallina

gioco della cavallina

Veilchen

Sprung

viola

faire du saute-mouton

coupe-tête

viola

καβάλλες

βιόλα

saltar i parar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈliːpfɹɒɡ/

Etymology

From leap + frog.