leep

leep is the obsolete form of leap.

Meaning of leap

Verb

leap (third-person singular simple present leaps, present participle leaping, simple past leaped or leapt or (archaic) lept or (obsolete) lope, past participle leaped or leapt or (archaic) lept or (obsolete) lope or (obsolete) lopen)

(intransitive) To jump.
- It is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leepc. 1450, anonymous author, Merlin
Synonyms:

bound, hop, jump, spring
(transitive) To pass over by a leap or jump.
- to leap a wall or a ditch
(archaic, transitive) To copulate with (a female beast)
(archaic) To copulate with (a human)
- go leap her, and engender young devilings1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Knight of Malta”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […]...
(transitive) To cause to leap.
- to leap a horse across a ditch

See all 19 meanings of leap

Noun capitalized: LEEP

LEEP (plural LEEPs)

(abbreviation) Abbreviation of loop electrical (or electrosurgical) excision procedure.

Proper noun capitalized: Leep

Leep (plural Leeps)

A surname.

Forms of leep

Noun
plural	LEEPs
Proper noun
plural	Leeps

Questions about leep

What does leep mean?: Leep means a surname.
What is leep the obsolete form of?: Leep is the obsolete form of leap.
What part of speech is leep?: Leep can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of leep?: The plural of leep is LEEPs.

Words near leep in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: leep (page history and authors); LEEP (page history and authors); Leep (page history and authors); leap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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