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Definition of Leaping
1. Noun. A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.
Generic synonyms: Jump, Jumping
Specialized synonyms: Caper, Capriole, Pounce
Derivative terms: Bound, Bound, Leap, Leap, Saltate, Spring, Spring
Definition of Leaping
1. a. & n. from Leap, to jump.
Definition of Leaping
1. Verb. (present participle of ''leap'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leaping
1. leap [v] - See also: leap
Medical Definition of Leaping
1.
From Leap, to jump. Leaping house, a brothel. Leaping pole, a pole used in some games of leaping.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leaping
Literary usage of Leaping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Zoölogy: Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution by Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould (1870)
"leaping consists in a bending of all the limbs, followed by a sudden extension
of them, ... For this purpose, the animal always crouches before leaping. ..."
2. Principles of Zoology: Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution by Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould (1867)
"leaping consists in a bending of all the limbs, followed by a sudden extension
of them, ... For this purpose, the animal always crouches before leaping. ..."
3. Positions by Richard Mulcaster, Robert Hebert Quick (1888)
"There be diuers kindes of leaping wherof I will tuch the most likely. I.
leaping and springing without intermission is good to encrease the naturall heat, ..."
4. Gymnastics for Youth, Or, A Practical Guide to Healthful and Amusing by Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts Muths, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1803)
"leaping ranks ... leaping. «*/*«, was a gymnastic exercise of the Greeks, and
commonly reckoned among the ..."
5. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1856)
"They spin no webs; capture their prey by leaping. Lycosa Tarantula, pi. ...
Legs formed for leaping; eyes either in a single 01 double quadrangular group, ..."
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