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leaping

[ noun ]
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
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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.

Leap in with me into this angry flood. --Shak.

2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to
bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky. --Wordsworth.

Leaping \Leap"ing\, a. & n.
from {Leap}, to jump.

{Leaping house}, a brothel. [Obs.] --Shak.

{Leaping pole}, a pole used in some games of leaping.

{Leaping spider} (Zo["o]l.), a jumping spider; one of the
{Saltigrad[ae]}.

As a conductor, Bernstein was known for his concert contortions: jabbing, leaping and even an occasional fall into the musicians pit.
With such complications, foreign fund managers aren't leaping at the opportunity to invest.
He's got plenty of jokes like: "Did you ever notice that Gentiles on vacation are always running and jumping and leaping around?" he demands with exquisite timing.
Police said a witness reported seeing a man running with a gasoline can just as the flames started leaping from the first fire, which swept through six houses on one street.
The drought in the Farm Belt has triggered an old-fashioned rally in Chicago's grain and soybean pits, with traders screaming orders at each other and commodity prices leaping their daily limits in session after session.
Sales of the product - Omo Power - were leaping in the three European countries where it had been launched a month earlier.
Last Friday's report on first-quarter gross national product, which showed the economy growing at an annual rate of 2.1% but inflation leaping upward at a 6.5% annual rate, merely exacerbated the confusion.
But she is restrained about leaping on the BPR bandwagon - 'the image-processing hardware and software amount to just one of the tools we will use.
And the one of him in a body cast, which he earned leaping 45 feet off a high-school roof.
There were about 30 boats along the shore, and some burned, with flames leaping from boat to boat.
Two states lead the way in trying to regulate the sport that hooks jumpers to elastic cords for the purpose of leaping from precipices into thin air.
And the fires have done things never seen before _ changing direction, leaping miles, growing by thousands of acres a day.
Thorn EMI joined in the recovery story, leaping 21 to 881p. Holiday groups, heartened all week by reports of buoyant bookings, moved higher.
The stock market reacted favorably to the announcement of the agreement, with Stevens stock leaping $5.375 a share to close at $61.125 in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday.
Similarly, Kingfisher's recent bounce lost momentum and the stock retreated 2 to 528p. A recommended offer for Chiltern Radio, at 242p a share, sent the stock leaping 33 to 238p.
Pillsbury moved up another 1 1/8 to 58 1/8 on heavy volume, after leaping 18 points Tuesday.
Five helicopters operated by city and county fire crews helped slow the fire, moving like mud wasps between flames leaping 40 feet high and the nearby Santa Ynez reservoir.
However, more safety-conscious investors may wish to await the resumption of dividends before leaping aboard.
Many Lithuanians say their declaration of independence was like leaping for a lifeboat to escape a sinking ship.
In beating Chicago in the other Eastern semi, the Pistons held Michael Jordan to 27 points a game, which is like limiting Superman to leaping only 20-story buildings.
Blyth Tait, a New Zealand rider, described it as 'leaping on to the roof of a small house, then down on to the top of the garage before jumping into the fish pond.'
"I heard four to five large explosions about 11 p.m. and saw flames leaping 15 to 20 feet in the air," said Jim Fisher, a school teacher who lives near the base.

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