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leaping

verb
LEE-ping/ˈliːpɪŋ/

1 meaning of leaping

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of leap.

    The dancers kept leaping across the stage in perfect time with the drums.

    Leaping onto the moving train, the thief slipped past the startled guards.

    Note

    The -ing form carries every pattern of the verb, with or without an object: a deer leaping, a horse leaping a ditch (clearing it), a rider leaping a horse over a hedge (making it jump). As a gerund it names the activity as a whole, as in leaping is hard on the knees. The noun leap counts single jumps instead: one leap, but a great deal of leaping.

leaping is a form of leap

leap, verb: To jump, especially with force or across a distance. Full entry

Forms
leapleaps he/she/itleaping -ing formleaped past tense, past participle
Spelling
leap → leaping: add -ing

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