leapfrog
(liːpfrɒg , US -frɔːg )
Word forms: leapfrogs , leapfrogging , leapfrogged
1. uncountable noun
Leapfrog is a game which children play, in which a child bends over, while others jump over their back.
...children engaged in activities such as riding, playing leapfrog, or football.
2. verb
If one group of people leapfrogs into a particular position or leapfrogs someone else, they use the achievements of another person or group in order to make advances of their own.
It is already obvious that all four American systems have leapfrogged over the European versions. [VERB preposition]
American researchers have now leapfrogged the Japanese and are going to produce a digital system within a year or two. [VERB noun]
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Translations:
Chinese: 跳背游戏, 更上一层楼
Japanese: 馬跳び, 飛び越える
- unconcealed
- unconcern
- unconcerned
- unconditional
- unconditional acceptance
- unconditional love
- unconditional loyalty
- unconditionally
- unconditional release
- unconditional support
- unconditional surrender
- unconfirmed
- unconfirmed report
- uncongenial
- unconnected
- unconnected events
- unconscionable
- unconscious
- unconsciously
- unconscious mind
- unconsciousness
- unconscious prejudice
- unconsidered
- unconstitutional
- unconstitutional legislation