leaped Definition

leap
verb leapt, leaped, leaping

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1. To jump or spring suddenly or with force.

Thesaurus: jump, hop, skip, vault.
2. To jump over.
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3. To move in bounds.

Thesaurus: skip, cavort, caper, gambol.
intr
4. Said of prices: to go up by a large amount suddenly and quickly.
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5. Said of fish: to jump up out of the water, usually to propel themselves up some fast-flowing stretch of river.
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6. To rush suddenly and unexpectedly.
7. To make something jump.

Example: leapt the horse over the fence

noun

1. An act of leaping or jumping.
2. The distance leaped.
3. A place where leaping takes place.

Example: a salmon leap

Idiom: by leaps and bounds

Extremely rapidly.

Idiom: a leap in the dark

An action, decision, etc whose results cannot be guessed in advance.

Idiom: leap to conclusions (jump to conclusions)

To decide on something without being aware of all the issues involved.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hleapan.

Phrasal Verb: leap at something

To accept it eagerly.