'Leaping' definitions:
Definition of 'leaping'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Leaping'
From: GCIDE
- Leaping \Leap"ing\, a. & n. from Leap, to jump. [1913 Webster]
- Leaping house, a brothel. [Obs.] --Shak.
- Leaping pole, a pole used in some games of leaping.
- Leaping spider (Zool.), a jumping spider; one of the Saltigrad[ae]. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Leaping'
From: GCIDE
- Leap \Leap\ (l[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped (l[=e]pt; 277), rarely Leapt (l[=e]pt or l[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. [=a]hl[=o]pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l["o]pa, Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. Elope, Lope, Lapwing, Loaf to loiter.]
- 1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig. [1913 Webster]
- My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'leaping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anabatic,
- ascendant,
- ascending,
- ascensional,
- ascensive,
- beaming,
- beatific,
- beatified,
- blessed,
- blissful,
- bouncing,
- bounding,
- capering,
- cheerful,
- chirping,
- climbing,
- dancing,
- flushed with joy,
- gay,
- glad,
- glowing,
- happy,
- hopping,
- hurdle race,
- hurdling,
- in the ascendant,
- joyful,
- joyous,
- jumping,
- laughing,
- mounting,
- pole vaulting,
- prancing,
- purring,
- radiant,
- rampant,
- rearing,
- rising,
- saltant,
- saltation,
- saltatorial,
- saltatory,
- scandent,
- scansorial,
- singing,
- skipping,
- skyrocketing,
- smiling,
- smirking,
- sparkling,
- spiraling,
- springing,
- starry-eyed,
- steeplechase,
- the hurdles,
- thrice happy,
- timber topping,
- uparching,
- upcoming,
- upgoing,
- upgrade,
- uphill,
- uphillward,
- uprising,
- upsloping,
- upward,
- upwith,
- vaulting