leapers

Noun

leaper (plural leapers)

1. One who leaps.
   • […] I read in the Bulletin about some mad joker breaking into the little kangaroo and koala zoo in the suburbs and slaughtering seven adult leapers and three joeys.1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 39, in Earthly Powers, New York: Avon, page 299
2. A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
3. A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
   • Any combination of a piece with a free piece is obviously free. It can however happen that a two-pattern leaper is free even though its components are not. […] Many other two-pattern leapers are possible.2010 August 21, G. P. Jelliss, “Simple Chess Variants”, in Mayhematics, pages 9, 10
4. Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”).

   Synonyms:

   jumper

5. A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.
   • I'm sick of getting coloring books and dollies for my birthdays, and other leapers are just as exasperated by their juvenile gifts. Another question we always get is, “When do you celebrate your birthday?” On February 29th, of course.2003, Julietta Appleton, Clothing Optional: Sassy Essays from My First 50 Years, page 2

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