leap
To jump.
Verb 3 meanings
To jump.
To pass over by a leap or jump.
“to leap a wall or a ditch”
To cause to leap.
“to leap a horse across a ditch”
Noun 4 meanings
The act of leaping or jumping.
“He made a leap across the river.”
The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
A group of leopards.
A significant move forward.
Adjective 1 meaning
Intercalary, bissextile.
Etymology
From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop.
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LEAP at a glance
LEAP has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (L 1 + E 1 + A 1 + P 3) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,689 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with leap
All rhymes- CHEAP12
- HEAP9
- REAP6
- SCRAPHEAP18
- NEAP6
- SUPERCHEAP19
- DUNGHEAP15
- SNEAP7
- OVERLEAP13
- SANDHEAP14
- ULTRACHEAP17
- THREAP11
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