Synonyms for leapt
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lept, leept |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɛpt, lipt |
Top 10 synonyms for leapt Other synonyms for the word leapt
Définition of leapt
Origin :- c.1200, from Old English hliep, hlyp (West Saxon), *hlep (Mercian, Northumbrian) "a leap, bound, spring, sudden movement; thing to leap from;" common Germanic (cf. Old Frisian hlep, Dutch loop, Old High German hlouf, German lauf); from the root of leap (v.). Leaps has been paired with bounds since at least 1720.
- verb jump, jump over; increase
- The poor dog heard the tumult, and leapt to your aid, sir, and we made after him.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- He leapt for joy at her words, and snatching at his sword, which had been left to him, buckled it on.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- She had leapt as the deer leaps, and crouched, still as any deer.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- He leapt on the parapet of the window, laughing as he leapt, and waving his sword in his hand.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- Me she had not seen, nor did she till I darted out of my ambush, and leapt after Rupert into the moat.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- And all she cried was, that I had been at the end of the bridge and leapt off.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- Fritz and Sapt leapt out, uncovered, and held the door for me.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- Yet he escaped the danger, and leapt for joy when he awoke and found it was a dream.'
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- Owens leapt from the stack, and the men caught up their guns.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- Then he leapt with a rush at the author of the unnatural scene.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
Antonyms for leapt
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