jump; leap; bound; spring




move forward by leaps and bounds

"The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

Type of:
  • move

Types:
  • pronk
  • bounce; resile; take a hop; spring; bound; rebound; recoil; reverberate; ricochet
  • burst
  • bounce
  • capriole
  • galumph
  • ski jump
  • saltate
  • vault
  • leapfrog
  • vault; overleap
  • curvet
  • hop; skip; hop-skip
  • caper
  • hop


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