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Noun: leapfrog  'leep'fróg
  1. Advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
    "the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends"
     
  2. A game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
Verb: leapfrog (leapfrogged,leapfrogging)  'leep'fróg
  1. To vault
    "He leapfrogged his classmates"
     
  2. Progress by large jumps instead of small increments

Derived forms: leapfrogged, leapfrogging, leapfrogs

Type of: advance, advancement, bound, child's game, come along, come on, forward motion, get along, get on, jump, leap, onward motion, procession, progress, progression, shape up, spring

Encyclopedia: Leapfrog