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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Leap \Leap\ (l[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped (l[=e]pt;
     277), rarely Leapt (l[=e]pt or l[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan to leap, jump,
     run; akin to OS. [=a]hl[=o]pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G.
     laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l["o]pa,
     Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. Elope, Lope,
     Lapwing, Loaf to loiter.]
     1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to
        vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a
        horse. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to
        bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              My heart leaps up when I behold
              A rainbow in the sky.                 --Wordsworth.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Leaping \Leap"ing\, a. & n.
     from Leap, to jump.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Leaping house, a brothel. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     Leaping pole, a pole used in some games of leaping.
  
     Leaping spider (Zo["o]l.), a jumping spider; one of the
        Saltigrad[ae].
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Leap \Leap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped, rarely Leapt; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan
     to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. [=a]hl?pan, OFries. hlapa, D.
     loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw.
     l["o]pa, Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. Elope, Lope,
     Lapwing, Loaf to loiter.]
     1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to
        vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a
        horse. --Bacon.
  
              Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak.
  
     2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to
        bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
  
              My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the
              sky.                                  --Wordsworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Leaping \Leap"ing\, a. & n.
     from Leap, to jump.
  
     Leaping house, a brothel. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     Leaping pole, a pole used in some games of leaping.
  
     Leaping spider (Zo["o]l.), a jumping spider; one of the
        Saltigrad[ae].

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  leaping
       n : a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap,
            spring, saltation, bound, bounce]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  leaping
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: leap)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  leaping
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: leap)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  leaping
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: leap)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  leaping
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: leap)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  leaping
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm l eap ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  leaping
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en leap ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb leap)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Leaping /lˈiːpɪŋ/
  القفز

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  leaping /lˈiːpɪŋ/ 
  vyskakující

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  leaping /lˈiːpɪŋ/ 
  skákající

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  leaping /lˈiːpɪŋ/ 
  skákací

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  leaping /lˈiːpɪŋ/
  Springen  [zool.]
           Note: eines Wals oder Delfins
           Note: of a whale or dolphin

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  leaping /lˈiːpɪŋ/
  einen Sprung machend, springend
   see: leap, leaped, leapt, leaps, leaped, leapt
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  leaping /lˈiːpɪŋ/
  hochschnellend, in die Höhe schießend, emporschießend
     Synonyms: shooting up, rocketing, skyrocketing, surging
  
   see: shoot up, rocket, skyrocket, surge, leap, shot up, rocketed, skyrocketed, surged, leaped
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  leaping /lˈiːpɪŋ/
  überspringend, über springend
   see: leap sth., leaped, leapt
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɫipɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "leaping":
     anabatic, ascendant, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, beaming,
     beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, bouncing, bounding,
     capering, cheerful, chirping, climbing, dancing, flushed with joy,
     gay, glad, glowing, happy, hopping, hurdle race, hurdling,
     in the ascendant, joyful, joyous, jumping, laughing, mounting,
     pole vaulting, prancing, purring, radiant, rampant, rearing,
     rising, saltant, saltation, saltatorial, saltatory, scandent,
     scansorial, singing, skipping, skyrocketing, smiling, smirking,
     sparkling, spiraling, springing, starry-eyed, steeplechase,
     the hurdles, thrice happy, timber topping, uparching, upcoming,
     upgoing, upgrade, uphill, uphillward, uprising, upsloping, upward,
     upwith, vaulting
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

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