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/lˈipɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Leap v. t. (past & past part. leapt or leaped; pres. part. leaping)

To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.

To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.

To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.

Leap v. i. (past & past part. leapt or leaped; pres. part. leaping)

To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse. " Leap in with me into this angry flood."

To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig. "My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky."

adjective

Leaping adj., n. From Leap, to jump.

Leaping house, a brothel. (Obs.)

Leaping pole, a pole used in some games of leaping.

Leaping spider (Zool.), a jumping spider; one of the Saltigradae.

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Etymology of 'Leaping'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Leaping" Quotes from Famous Books

... greatly fatigued, sat down on the bridge during the preparations by the men. He was missed later on the march and the man whom the captain sent back to find the lieutenant arrived just in time to keep what little hair the popular bald-headed little officer had from being singed off by the leaping flames. Lieut. Ryan does not like to be kidded ...

— The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki - Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 • Joel R. Moore

... thou the image of a thought that fares Forth from itself, and flings its ray ahead, Leaping the barriers of ephemeral cares, To where our lives are but the ...

— Artemis to Actaeon and Other Worlds • Edith Wharton

... rheumatism, I shall have a blessed time with Dame Van Winkle." With some difficulty he got down into the glen; he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and filling the glen with babbling murmurs. He, however, made shift to scramble up its sides, working his toilsome way through thickets of birch, sassafras, and witch-hazel, and sometimes ...

— The Literary World Seventh Reader • Various

... A leaping pickerel off on the water created a silver circle that was lost in black shadows. The little man shook himself and started to his feet, crying: "For the love of Mike, there's eyes in this ...

— Men, Women, and Boats • Stephen Crane

... were not out of his mouth when Kate caught sight of a man down the road leaping from a horse. As the rider touched the ground he slapped his pony's shoulder and the beast dropped flat. The man, rifle in hand, threw himself behind the prostrate animal and Kate heard his brusque yell to Van Horn and the Texans: ...

— Laramie Holds the Range • Frank H. Spearman

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