leapt
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verb
a simple past tense and past participle of leap.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
2.
to move or act quickly or suddenly: to leap aside; She leaped at the opportunity.
3.
to pass, come, rise, etc., as if with a jump: to leap to a conclusion; an idea that immediately leaped to mind.
verb (used with object)
4.
to jump over: to leap a fence.
5.
to pass over as if by a jump.
6.
to cause to leap: to leap a horse.
noun
Idioms 7.
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
8.
the distance covered in a leap; distance jumped.
9.
a place leaped or to be leaped over or from.
10.
a sudden or abrupt transition: a successful leap from piano class to concert hall.
11.
a sudden and decisive increase: a leap in the company's profits.
12.
by leaps and bounds, very rapidly: We are progressing by leaps and bounds.
13.
leap in the dark, an action of which the consequences are unknown: The experiment was a leap in the dark.
14.
leap of faith, an act or instance of accepting or trusting in something that cannot readily be seen or proved.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English lepen, Old English hlēapan to leap, run; cognate with German laufen, Old Norse hlaupa, Gothic hlaupan
before 900; Middle English lepen, Old English hlēapan to leap, run; cognate with German laufen, Old Norse hlaupa, Gothic hlaupan
Related forms
leap·er, noun
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| —vb (often foll by at) , leaps, leaping, leapt, leaped | |
| 1. | (intr) to jump suddenly from one place to another |
| 2. | to move or react quickly |
| 3. | (tr) to jump over |
| 4. | to come into prominence rapidly: the thought leapt into his mind |
| 5. | (tr) to cause (an animal, esp a horse) to jump a barrier |
| —n | |
| 6. | the act of jumping |
| 7. | a spot from which a leap was or may be made |
| 8. | the distance of a leap |
| 9. | an abrupt change or increase |
| 10. | music Also called (US and Canadian): skip a relatively large melodic interval, esp in a solo part |
| 11. | a leap in the dark an action performed without knowledge of the consequences |
| 12. | by leaps and bounds with unexpectedly rapid progress |
| [Old English hlēapan; related to Gothic hlaupan, German laufen] | |
| 'leaper | |
| —n | |
| leapt (lɛpt, liːpt) | |
| —vb | |
| a past tense and past participle of leap | |
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Word Origin & History
leap
O.E. hleapan "to jump, run, leap" (class VII strong verb; past tense hleop, pp. hleapen), from P.Gmc. *khlaupan (cf. O.S. hlopan, O.N. hlaupa, O.Fris. hlapa, Du. lopen, Ger. laufen "to run," Goth. us-hlaupan "to jump up"), of uncertain origin, with no known cognates beyond Germanic. The noun is O.E.
hlyp (Anglian *hlep). Leap-frog, the children's game, is attested from 1590s.
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Example sentences
The king, who exemplified both, leapt to their defence.
The school repeatedly leapt out of the ocean, spurting jets of water behind them as they flew through the air.
Then he leapt off the bed and trotted out of the room.
Many drowned when they leapt from the suspension bridge into the water.
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