leap

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Spring through the air

Nouns

1. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault; bounce (see recoil).

2. dance, caper; curvet, prance, skip, gambol, frolic, romp, buck.

3. leaper, jumper, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, hoptoad; jumping bean, jumping jack, pogo stick; spring.

4. high jump, broad or long jump, pole vault; lover's leap; springboard; leap frog, hopscotch; hop, skip, and jump.

Verbs — leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, pounce, vault, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, prance, gambol, frolic, romp, cavort, caper, curvet, foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, frisk, start [up].

Adjectives — leaping, bounding, springy, saltatory, frisky, lively, bouncy, frolicsome, skittish.

Antonyms, see descent.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. spring, vault, bound; see bounce 2 , jump 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

jump, spring, vault, hop, bound, bounce, hurtle.

II

v.

jump, spring, vault, hop, bound, bounce, hurtle, soar, rise, leapfrog.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To move off the ground by a muscular effort of the legs and feet: hurdle, jump, spring, vault2. See MOVE, RISE. 2. To move in a lively way: bounce, bound1, jump, spring. See MOVE. II noun 1. The act of jumping: jump, spring, vault2. See MOVE, RISE. 2. A sudden lively movement: bounce, bound1, jump, spring. See MOVE.