leap

Meanings

Verb

  • To jump.
  • To pass over by a leap or jump.
  • To copulate with (a female beast)
  • To copulate with (a human)
  • To cause to leap.

Noun

Adjective

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Origin

  • From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Cognate with West Frisian ljeppe ("to jump"), Dutch lopen ("to run; to walk"), German laufen ("to run; to walk"), Danish løbe, Norwegian Bokmål løpe, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ("to spring, stumble") (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’).
  • From Middle English leep, from Old English lēap, from Proto-West Germanic *laup, from Proto-Germanic *laupaz. Cognate with Icelandic laupur.

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