leap

• advance
• arise
• ascend
• attack
• bounce
• bound
• buck
• caper
• capriole
• cavort
• clear
• dive
• escalate
• escalation
• frisk
• frolic
• gambado
• gambol
• hop
• hurdle
• jump
• leapfrog
• lop
• lope
• mount
• pitch
• plunge
• pounce
• rise
• rocket
• romp
• saltate
• shoot
• skip
• skyrocket
• soar
• spring
• surge
• upsurge
• upswing
• vault

• decline
• decrease
• descend
• lower

• noun
  1. The act of leaping or jumping.
  2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
  3. A group of leopards.
  4. A significant move forward.
  5. A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
  6. A fault.
  7. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
  8. A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
  9. A salmon ladder.
  10. A basket.
  11. A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
  12. Half a bushel.
• verb
  1. To jump.
  2. To pass over by a leap or jump.
  3. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
  4. To cause to leap.
• adjective
  1. (calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.

• She took a daring leap across the stream.
• The cat made a sudden leap onto the windowsill.
• His heart gave a leap of excitement when he heard the news.
• The company experienced a huge leap in profits last quarter.
• It takes courage to leap into the unknown.

dance

dances

dancing

dash

gallop

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