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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024leap•frog /ˈlipˌfrɑg, -ˌfrɔg/USA pronunciation n., v., -frogged, -frog•ging. n. [uncountable] - a game in which a player jumps over another player bent over from the waist.
v. - to jump over or pass (a person or thing) in or as if in leapfrog: [no object]leapfrogging past the opposition.[~ + object]leapfrogged the fence.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024leap•frog (lēp′frog′, -frôg′),USA pronunciation n., v., -frogged, -frog•ging. n. - a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- an advance from one place, position, or situation to another without progressing through all or any of the places or stages in between:a leapfrog from bank teller to vice president in one short year.
v.t. - to jump over (a person or thing) in or as if in leapfrog:He leapfrogged the fence to reach the crying child.
- to move or cause to move as if in leapfrog:Manufacturers are leapfrogging prices because the cost of raw materials has doubled.
v.i. - to move or advance in or as if in leapfrog:Our tour leapfrogged through six cities in four days.
leap′frog′ger, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: leapfrog /ˈliːpˌfrɒɡ/ n - a children's game in which each player in turn leaps over the others' bent backs, leaning on them with the hands and spreading the legs wide
vb ( -frogs, -frogging, -frogged)- (intransitive) to play leapfrog
- (transitive) to leap in this way over (something)
- to advance or cause to advance by jumps or stages
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