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Seeing the open ravine at his feet, he stopped, and instantly his companion, Wau-ko-mia-tan, appeared at his side They quickly saw that the leap was an easy one Wau-ko-mia-tan will leap across," said that warrior, "then the Wolf will follow; let us lose no time, for the Shawanoe may be gone The speaker recoiled a single pace and gathered his muscles for the leap.

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  1. intransitive verb To spring or bound upward from or as if from the ground; jump: leaped over the wall; salmon leaping upriver.
  2. intransitive verb To move quickly or abruptly from one condition or subject to another: always leaping to conclusions.
  3. intransitive verb To act impulsively: leaped at the opportunity to travel.
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  • It's called the leap-back. —  Cameron Sinclair on open-source architecture
  • As she gears up for the leap, a faint rippling begins to mar the mirror-like surface Wah! —  FSF, July 2006
  • Time had no domain beyond the leap, to scream in mid-leap was to scream for eternity, but somehow the ship always fell back. —  ChallengingDestiny#23
  • Although the latter option requires a major leap of faith, those who take this leap are the fortunate ones because the best of marriage is yet to come. —  Shaister Miester Do Da
  • This definitely isn't a case of the little kid from a 1970s movie turning into an adult Dharmendra or Amitabh mid-leap, and also transitioning into a completely different person in the process. —  Jabberwock
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jump ·  rush ·  stride ·  plunge ·  burst ·  twist ·  jerk ·  kick ·  scream ·  stroke ·  feat ·  laugh

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leap:   leaps ·  leapt ·  leaped ·  leaping
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan.

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  1. from Middle English leper (preterit leep, lep, lap, lope, past participle lopen, also weak, lepte), from Anglo-Saxon hleápan (preterit hleóp, plural hleópon, past participle hleápen), leap, run, = Old Saxon hlōpan (in a-hlōpan) = OFries. hlapa, lapa, hliapa = Dutch loopen = Middle Low German lopen = Old High German hlaufan, laufan, loufan, Middle High German loufen, German laufen = Icelandic hlaupa = Danish löbe = Swedish löpa, run, = Gothic (Moesogothic) *hlaupan, leap, spring (in comp. us-hlaupan, spring up). Connected with leap are the dial, lope, loup, and lapwing; also ult. elope, interloper, orlop; and in comp. from Scandinavian gantlope, gantlet.
  2. from Middle English leep,*lepe, lupe, from Anglo-Saxon hly¯p = OFries. hlep (in bekhlep) = Dutch loop = Middle Low German lōp = Old High German louf, louph, Middle High German louf, German lauf = Icelandic hlaup = Swedish lopp = Danish löb; from the verb.
  3. Also leep; from Middle English leep, from Anglo-Saxon leáp, a basket, = Icelandic laupr, a basket, box. Cf. seedleap.
 

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