leap

IPA: ɫˈip

The act of leaping or jumping.
The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
A group of leopards.
(figuratively) A significant move forward.
(figuratively) A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
(mining) A fault.
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
(music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
A salmon ladder.
A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
Half a bushel.
A surname.
(computing) Initialism of Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol.

Examples of "leap" in Sentences

I think the leap from the tree-limb is a good start.
But if he does come back, Fresno State will look to make a big leap from a 15-18 season and a 7-9 record in the WAC.
IV. iii.148 (410,8) [How will he triumph, leap, and laugh at it?] [W: geap] To _leap_ is to _exult_, to skip for joy.
The leap from the ponderous Maxim to the AK is great, and Chivers necessarily covers many significant weapons only briefly.
The main leap is recognizing that preserving data will be an ongoing semi-hygienic chore, like brushing your teeth or taking out the trash.
Anatomy of a Scene: The Explosive Bridge Chase Scene — A dissection of the sequence when Bourne narrowly avoids a train coming down the tracks to leap from a bridge onto a barge underneath.
Whether it'll be able to make a leap from a borderline NCAA team to a national contender -- as State fans thought might happen this season -- requires yet another stretch of the imagination.
When we gave Eli his big contract, we needed him to go from above-average/pretty good to very good, and to make the leap from a steward of a good offense to someone who could carry the offense by himself.
Your plan works … I think we should just skip doing this in the Atlantic and go to a place in South Africa called Simonstown where Great White sharks have been known to leap from the water to get their prey which is normally the seals the live and hunt in the area. linzloo08 brought to you by I Want My Country Back, Inc.!! says: