leap¹ /lēp/

1. To move with bounds
2. To spring upward or forward
3. To jump
4. To rush violently
5. To pass abruptly or over a wide interval

1. To bound over
2. To cause to take a leap
3. Of male animals, to mate with, cover

1. An act of leaping
2. A bound
3. The space passed or covered by leaping
4. A place of leaping
5. An abrupt transition
6. A wide gap or interval

leapˈer noun

1. A steeplechaser
2. Someone who or something that leaps

leap day noun

An intercalary day in the calendar (29 February)

leapˈfrog noun

1. A game in which two people, esp children, take turns in vaulting each other, the one stooping or crouching to become the other's vaulting-horse
2. Any similar vault or jump (also figurative)
3. A method of advancing against an enemy force in which one part of an army engages with the enemy whilst the rear part advances (military)

transitive verb and intransitive verb (leapˈfrogging; leapˈfrogged)

1. To jump (over) as in leapfrog (also figurative)
2. To go in advance of each other alternately (military; also figurative)

leapˈing-house noun (Shakespeare)

A brothel

leapˈing-time noun (Shakespeare)

Active youth

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