Leapfrog

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A game in which one player kneels or bends over while the next in line leaps over him or her.
  • v. To jump over in or as if in leapfrog.
  • v. To advance (two military units) by engaging one with the enemy while moving the other to a position forward of the first unit.
  • v. To avoid by or as if by a roundabout route.
  • verb-intransitive. To move forward or progress in or as if in leapfrog.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A children's game in which players vault over each other's stooped backs.
  • v. To jump over some obstacle as in leapfrog.
  • v. To overtake
  • v. (military) To advance by engaging enemy with one unit while the other moves further forward.
  • v. To progress as in leapfrog.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A boys' game in which one player places his hands on the back or shoulders of another who has assumed a stooping posture, and leaps or vaults over his head.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
  • v. progress by large jumps instead of small increments
  • v. jump across
  • n. a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
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