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1. A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
   - leap, spring, saltation, bound, bounce

1. Move forward by leaps and bounds
   "The child leapt across the puddle"
   - jump, bound, spring
    
2. Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
   "leap into fame"
   - jump
    
3. Jump down from an elevated point
   "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
   - jump, jump off
    
4. Cause to jump or leap
   - jump

Derived forms: leapings

See also: leap out, leaper

Type of: change, jump, jumping, move, shift, switch

Encyclopedia: Leap Leap, County Cork