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Leap

noun
/liːp/
Word Frequency: 5.6

Definitions

1.nounThe act of leaping or jumping.
2.nounThe distance traversed by a leap or jump.
3.nounA group of leopards.
4.nounA significant move forward.
5.nounA large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
"It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs."
6.nounA fault.
7.nounCopulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
8.nounA passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
9.nounA salmon ladder.
10.verbTo jump.
11.verbTo pass over by a leap or jump.
"to leap a wall or a ditch"
12.verbTo copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
13.verbTo cause to leap.
"to leap a horse across a ditch"
14.adjective(calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.

Synonyms

boundhopjumpspringbounceleapfroggingskipstridestepupsurgeclimbupswing

Rhymes With

creepweepdeepsweepkeeppeepreapsteep
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