leap
[ leep ]
/ lip /
verb (used without object), leaped or leapt, leap·ing.
verb (used with object), leaped or leapt, leap·ing.
noun
Idioms for leap
Origin of leap
before 900; Middle English
lepen, Old English
hlēapan to leap, run; cognate with German
laufen, Old Norse
hlaupa, Gothic
hlaupan
OTHER WORDS FROM leap
leap·er, nounWords nearby leap
British Dictionary definitions for by leaps and bounds
leap
/ (liːp) /
verb leaps, leaping, leapt or leaped
noun
Derived forms of leap
leaper, nounWord Origin for leap
Old English
hlēapan; related to Gothic
hlaupan, German
laufen
Idioms and Phrases with by leaps and bounds (1 of 2)
by leaps and bounds
Rapidly, or in fast progress, as in The corn is growing by leaps and bounds, or School enrollment is increasing by leaps and bounds. This term is a redundancy, since leap and bound both mean “spring” or “jump,” but the two words have been paired since Shakespeare's time and are still so used.
Idioms and Phrases with by leaps and bounds (2 of 2)
leap