leap

Roget category 309

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction

#309. Leap

noun

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.

verb

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.

adjective

leaping etc. v. — saltatory^†, frisky.

adverb

on the light fantastic toe.

phrase

di salto in salto [It].

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