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leap
noun
1 leap
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.
synonyms: bounce, bound, leaping, saltation, spring.
Roget 309:
leap,
jump,
hop,
spring,
bound,
vault,
saltation†.
ance,
caper;
curvet,
caracole;
gambade†,
gambado†;
capriole,
demivolt†;
buck,
buck jump;
hop skip and jump;
falcade†.
kangaroo,
jerboa;
chamois,
goat,
frog,
grasshopper,
flea;
buckjumper†;
wallaby.
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2 leap
An abrupt transition:
— A successful leap from college to the major leagues.
synonyms: jump, saltation.
Roget 146:
revolution,
bouleversement,
subversion,
break up;
destruction
etc.
162;
sudden change,
radical change,
sweeping organic change;
change of state,
phase change;
quantum leap,
quantum jump;
clean sweep,
coup d'etat [Fr.],
counter revolution.
jump,
leap,
plunge,
jerk,
start,
transilience†;
explosion;
spasm,
convulsion,
throe,
revulsion;
storm,
earthquake,
cataclysm.
legerdemain
etc.
(trick)
545.
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3 leap
A sudden and decisive increase.
synonym: jump.
4 leap
The distance leaped (or to be leaped).
Dutch: sprong
verb
1 leap
Move forward by leaps and bounds:
— The child leapt across the puddle.
synonyms: bound, jump, spring.
Roget 305:
ascend,
rise,
mount,
arise,
uprise;
go up,
get up,
work one's way up,
start up;
shoot up,
go into orbit;
float up;
bubble up;
aspire.
climb,
clamber,
ramp,
scramble,
escalade†,
surmount;
shin,
shinny,
shinney;
scale,
scale the heights.
[cause to go up]
raise,
elevate
etc.
307.
go aloft,
fly aloft;
tower,
soar,
take off;
spring up,
pop up,
jump up,
catapult upwards,
explode upwards;
hover,
spire,
plane,
swim,
float,
surge;
leap
etc.
309.
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Roget 309:
leap;
jump up,
jump over the moon;
hop,
spring,
bound,
vault,
ramp,
cut capers,
trip,
skip,
dance,
caper;
buck,
buck jump;
curvet,
caracole;
foot it,
bob,
bounce,
flounce,
start;
frisk
etc.
(amusement)
840;
jump about
etc.
(agitation)
315;
trip it on the light fantastic toe,
trip the light fantastic,
dance oneself off one's legs,
dance off one's shoes.
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Dutch: opschrikken, opspringen, springen, voordringen
2 leap
Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another:
— Leap into fame.
synonym: jump.
3 leap
Jump down from an elevated point:
— The widow leapt into the funeral pyre.
synonyms: jump, jump off.
4 leap
Cause to jump or leap.
synonym: jump.
Dutch: springen, wippen
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