Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leaping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leap \Leap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaped}, rarely {Leapt}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Leaping}.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan
to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. [=a]hl?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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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].
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
leaping
adj : moving upward and forward in a quick motion or series of
motions; or characterized by leaps; "a leaping gait";
"the springing panther" [syn: {springing}]
n : a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: {leap},
{spring}, {saltation}, {bound}, {bounce}]
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