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leap

Pronunciation: /ˈliːp/

The English word “leap” has 17 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To jump.
  2. To pass over by a leap or jump.
  3. To copulate with (a female beast)
  4. To copulate with (a human)
  5. To cause to leap.

noun

  1. The act of leaping or jumping.
  2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
  3. A group of leopards.
  4. A significant move forward.
  5. A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
  6. A fault.
  7. Copulation (by a male animal) with a female one.
  8. A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
  9. A small cataract over which fish attempt to jump; a salmon ladder.
  10. A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
  11. Half a bushel.

adjective

  1. Intercalary, bissextile.

Etymology

From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop. Cognate with North Frisian laap, luup, luupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Saterland Frisian lope, loope (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”),…

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