Leap

lep, v. [leaped (lent) rarely leapt (ISpt). leaping.] To spring from the ground, jump, vault; to make a sudden jump, bound, skip; to manifest joy or vivacity. — To pa over by leaping; to copulate with, cover. — n. Act of leaping; a jump; spring; bound; space pa ed by leaping; a hazardous or venturesome act; copulation with a female beast. [AS. hleapan, to run, leap, hlyp, a leap.]— Leap'er. n. — Leap'-frog, n. A play among boys, in which one stoops and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former. — -year, n. Bi extile; a year containing 366 days; every 4th year, which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February 29 days.