leap

To jump.intransitive

• Th’ infernal monarch rear’d his horrid head, Leapt from his throne, lest Neptune’s arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day.
• It is better to leap into the void.

To pass over by a leap or jump.transitive

• to leap a wall or a ditch

To copulate with (a female beast)archaictransitive

To copulate with (a human)archaic

• go leap her, and engender young devilings

To cause to leap.transitive

• to leap a horse across a ditch

The act of leaping or jumping.

• He made a leap across the river.
• 1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.

The distance traversed by a leap or jump.

A group of leopards.collective

• Manikanta returned to the palace riding on a royal tiger accompanied by a leap of leopards to the utter surprise of the inhabitants of Pantalam.
• I can see it now... a leap of Leopards eating the carcass of a Longhorn out in the Vista....

A significant move forward.figuratively

• That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.
• Since the arrival of mainstream pornography platforms in the early 2000’s and the rise in smartphone use, online pornography consumption has shown considerable year on year leaps.

A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.figuratively

• It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.

A fault.

Copulation (by a male animal) with a female one.

• Much difference of opinion exists as to the number of bullings a cow should receive. Here, I think, good judgment should be used. If the bull is cool and quiet, and some time has intervened since he had his last cow, one good leap is better

A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.

A small cataract over which fish attempt to jump; a salmon ladder.

• […] where the Esk divides it in the middle, and forms a linn or leap, is named the How burn; […]

Intercalary, bissextile.not-comparable

A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.

Half a bushel.