II. WORDS RELATING TO SPACE
IV. MOTION
4. Motion with reference to direction
Leap.
[Antonyms: plunge.]
[Nouns] leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation.
dance, caper; curvet, caracole; gambade, gambado; capriole, demivolt; buck, buck jump; hop skip and jump; falcade.
kangaroo, jerboa; chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea; buckjumper; wallaby.
[Verbs] leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; buck, buck jump; curvet, caracole; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk (amusement) [more]; jump about (agitation) [more]; trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.
[Adjectives] leaping; saltatory, frisky.
