outleap

[ out-leep ]

verb (used with object),out·leaped or out·leapt, out·leap·ing.
  1. to leap ahead of or over.

  2. to surpass in leaping.

verb (used without object),out·leaped or out·leapt, out·leap·ing.
  1. to leap forth.

Origin of outleap

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; out- + leap

Words Nearby outleap

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How to use outleap in a sentence

  • This is what one wishes for Mordax—that his heart and brain should restrain the outleap of roar and talons.

  • The outleap of fury in the dagger-thrust had evidently exhausted him.

    Romola | George Eliot