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—leaper, n./leep/, v., leaped or leapt, leaping, n.v.i.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.v.t.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.n.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.[bef. 900; ME lepen, OE hleapan to leap, run; c. G laufen, ON hlaupa, Goth hlaupan]
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Universalium. 2010.
