1
: to spring free from or as if from the ground : jump
leap over a fence
a fish leaps out of the water
2
a
: to pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
the difficult leap from college to the workplace
b
: to act precipitately
leaped at the chance
: to pass over by leaping
leaped the wall
Examples of leap in a Sentence
Verb
The cat suddenly leaped into the air.
Fish were leaping out of the water.
He leaped off the bridge.
The boys leaped over the stream.
The horse leaped the stone wall.
When the alarm went off, she leapt out of bed.
Noun
She made a graceful leap into the air.
He ran and took a flying leap over the stream.
He won the high jump with a leap of six feet.
the leap from childhood to adulthood
She has shown great leaps in ability.
Technology has taken a great leap forward.
It required a leap of the imagination to picture how the project would look when it was completed.
Recent Examples on the Web
Beth Bailey, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
Waterman smashed the ball past U.S. goalkeeper Matt Turner to seal the contest, then immediately leaped over the advertising boarding behind the goal and ran straight toward Henry, who sat alongside fellow broadcasters Kate Scott, Clint Dempsey and Maurice Edu.
—Martin Rogers, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Paul Monckton, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
To that end, Justin Yim, who co-authored the paper on jumping robots that appeared in Science Robotics, is developing a one-legged bot that could survey Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, where a single leap could carry the little machine the length of a football field.
—New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Running around in circles Problems with denials are just the latest in an endless series of hoops that the SIV program forces Afghan applicants and American supervisors to leap through.
—Beth Bailey, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
Waterman smashed the ball past U.S. goalkeeper Matt Turner to seal the contest, then immediately leaped over the advertising boarding behind the goal and ran straight toward Henry, who sat alongside fellow broadcasters Kate Scott, Clint Dempsey and Maurice Edu.
—Martin Rogers, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
This article was originally published on March 20 Google Gemini: An Inevitable Upgrade
Gemini represents a giant leap forward in capability compared to Google Assistant.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
To that end, Justin Yim, who co-authored the paper on jumping robots that appeared in Science Robotics, is developing a one-legged bot that could survey Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, where a single leap could carry the little machine the length of a football field.
—New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Leap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leap. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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