leaping

leaping
Synonyms and related words:
anabatic, ascendant, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, beaming, beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, bouncing, bounding, capering, cheerful, chirping, climbing, dancing, flushed with joy, gay, glad, glowing, happy, hopping, hurdle race, hurdling, in the ascendant, joyful, joyous, jumping, laughing, mounting, pole vaulting, prancing, purring, radiant, rampant, rearing, rising, saltant, saltation, saltatorial, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, singing, skipping, skyrocketing, smiling, smirking, sparkling, spiraling, springing, starry-eyed, steeplechase, the hurdles, thrice happy, timber topping, uparching, upcoming, upgoing, upgrade, uphill, uphillward, uprising, upsloping, upward, upwith, vaulting

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  • Leaping — Leap ing, a. & n. from {Leap}, to jump. [1913 Webster] {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]}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leaping — 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • leaping — adj. Leaping is used with these nouns: ↑flame …   Collocations dictionary

  • leaping — šuoliavimas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Daugkartinis įvairių šuolių, šoksnių arba jų derinių kartojimas; judėjimas atsispiriant abiem kojomis. atitikmenys: angl. leaping; skipping vok. Galopp, m; Springen, n rus. прыганье …   Sporto terminų žodynas

  • leaping — šuoliavimas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Žirgo bėgsena šuoliais. atitikmenys: angl. leaping; skipping vok. Galopp, m; Springen, n rus. прыганье …   Sporto terminų žodynas

  • Leaping house — Leaping Leap ing, a. & n. from {Leap}, to jump. [1913 Webster] {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]}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leaping pole — Leaping Leap ing, a. & n. from {Leap}, to jump. [1913 Webster] {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]}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leaping spider — Leaping Leap ing, a. & n. from {Leap}, to jump. [1913 Webster] {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]}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leaping Michaels — In the game of bridge, Leaping Michaels is a conventional overcall made in defense to an opposing 2 level or 3 level preempt. Leaping Michaels is played by many pairs as it provides a means to show strong two suited hands (5 5 or longer) that are …   Wikipedia

  • leaping house —    obsolete    a brothel    Where a customer might leap on a prostitute.    Also as leaping academy:     Dials the signs of leaping houses. (Shakespeare, 1 Henry V)     ... teaching em Latin in the environs of a leaping academy. (Fraser, 1982,… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • Leaping gait — The leaping gaits are a group of related quadruped gaits that include canter, gallop, and stot (also known as pronk and prong).Tristan David Martin Roberts (1995) Understanding Balance: The Mechanics of Posture and Locomotion , Nelson Thornes,… …   Wikipedia

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