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leapfrog

Pronunciation:  'leep'frâg

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  one child bends down and another leaps over
  2. [n]  advancing as if in the game of leapfrog
  3. [v]  progress by large jumps instead of small increments
  4. [v]  jump across
 
 See Also: advance, advance, advancement, bound, child's game, come along, come on, forward motion, get along, get on, jump, leap, onward motion, progress, progress, progression, shape up, spring

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Leap"frog`\, n.
A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps
over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

 
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 Related Terms: bounce, bound, buck, buckjump, capriole, clear, curvet, hippety-hop, hop, hurdle, jump, jump over, leap, leap over, negotiate, overjump, overleap, overskip, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, ski jump, skip, spring, start, start aside, start up, steeplechase, updive, upleap, upspring, vault
 

 

 

 

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