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outleap

outleap noun: a sally; flight; escape.

Noun

outleap (plural outleaps)

  1. A sally; flight; escape.
  2. A bursting forth; an ambush; a sudden quick effort.
    • The outleap of fury in the dagger-thrust had evidently exhausted him.1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter XIV, page 173
  3. (dated, obsolete, estate law) A fine which is paid by a person to their lord for deserting an estate without permission.

Verb

outleap (third-person singular simple present outleaps, present participle outleaping, simple past and past participle outleapt or outleaped)

  1. (transitive) To leap out, as if from an ambush.
  2. (transitive) To leap beyond or farther than.

Forms of outleap

Noun
pluraloutleaps
Verb
third-person singular presentoutleaps
present participleoutleaping
past participleoutleapt
pastoutleapt
past participleoutleaped
pastoutleaped

Origin of outleap

From out- + leap.

Questions about outleap

What does outleap mean?
Outleap means a sally; flight; escape.
What part of speech is outleap?
Outleap can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of outleap?
The plural of outleap is outleaps.

Words near outleap in the dictionary

  1. outlean
  2. outleaned
  3. outleaning
  4. outleans
  5. outleant
  6. outleap
  7. outleaped
  8. outleaping
  9. outleaps
  10. outleapt
  11. outlearn

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