leap
[ leep ]
/ lip /
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verb (used without object), leaped or leapt [lept, leept], /lɛpt, lipt/, leap·ing.
verb (used with object), leaped or leapt [lept, leept], /lɛpt, lipt/, leap·ing.
noun
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Idioms for leap
Origin of leap
First recorded before 900; Middle English lepen, Old English hlēapan “to leap, run”; cognate with German laufen, Old Norse hlaupa, Gothic hlaupan
synonym study for leap
1. See jump.
OTHER WORDS FROM leap
leaper, nounWords nearby leap
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British Dictionary definitions for leap
leap
/ (liːp) /
verb leaps, leaping, leapt or leaped
noun
Derived forms of leap
leaper, nounWord Origin for leap
Old English hlēapan; related to Gothic hlaupan, German laufen
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