leaping
Leaving the ground
Leaping is the act of springing through the air—jumping with force or sudden movement.
The word often suggests energy or enthusiasm: a leaping deer, leaping flames.
In phrases like leaping to conclusions, it implies hasty or impulsive action.
Her heart was leaping with excitement.
Frames jumped in races
- steeplechaseObstacle course race
- gymnasticsAthletic discipline of controlled movement
- acrobaticsSkilled physical feats
- parkourMovement discipline over obstacles
freerunning · basketball · volleyball · dunking · slamdunk · tumbling · vaulting · bounding
Playful leaping about
- cavortPlay with lively movement
- rompPlayful, spirited activity
- frolicLighthearted playful movement
- caperPrank or pickled bud
skip · prance · bound · rollick · skylark · merriment · exuberance · joyful
Depart swiftly from threat
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- evadeEscape by cunning
elude · breakout · getaway · flight · abscond · scramble · hurdle · break free
hurdles
Frames jumped in races
- steeplechaseObstacle course race
- gymnasticsAthletic discipline of controlled movement
- acrobaticsSkilled physical feats
parkour · freerunning · basketball · volleyball · dunking · slamdunk · tumbling · vaulting · bounding · plyometrics
gambol
Playful leaping about
caper · skip · prance · bound · rollick · skylark · merriment · exuberance · joyful · spirited
vault
Secure storage chamber
propel · soar · hurdle · pounce · lunge · catapult · airborne · trajectory · arc · momentum
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
evade · elude · breakout · getaway · flight · abscond · scramble · hurdle · break free
kangaroo
Pouched Australian leaper
impala · hare · rabbit · frog · salmon · grasshopper · locust · flea · cricket · lemur
ballet
Classical dance on pointe
choreography · pirouette · ballroom · salsa · jive · contemporary · lyrical · flamenco · tap · swing
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- action filmschase scene, car chase, explosion, stunt, shootout
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- cat playpouncing, chasing, stalking, swatting, batting
- eager actionsrushing, lunging, grabbing, pouncing, snatching
- animal gaitswalking, trotting, galloping, canter, cantering
leapingstill
Unmoving, or continuing
motionless · stationary · inert · immobile · sluggish
leapingstep-by-step
In sequential stages
logical · methodical · systematic · sequential · linear
- leaping atJumping suddenly toward
- leaping for joyBounding from intense happiness
- leaping lizardsAntiquated surprise exclamation
- leaping cat
- leaping catchSeizing while airborne
leap, leaps, leaped, leapt, overleap, outleap, overleaps, outleaped, overleaped