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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
leapt
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
▪ Then he unfroze, pulled the trigger of the shotgun and leapt back into cover, all in the same movement.
▪ The man eyed the money, and leapt back on his cab.
▪ It leapt back into the air with an explosive flutter of wing and tail, warbling consternation, signalling alarm.
▪ Bold, she unlatched it. Leapt back.
▪ We both leapt back and stood there looking at each other through the glass.
▪ He leapt back into the cabin and locked the door.
▪ So much for security, Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive.
▪ As soon as I sat down Goneril leapt back on to me, kneading my chest with her claws.
down
▪ He leapt down to the floor and made two gigantic walls of books, trapping Mr Fractor between them.
▪ Their shadows stretched far ahead of them in the morning sun, and he leapt down on to the shadow of the leader.
▪ Dauntless leapt down from Contralto's back.
▪ They leapt down the car wrecks and legged it across the ground towards the girl.
forward
▪ Uttering a cry of disgust, Dauntless leapt forward and dragged Cleo up by the arm.
▪ It leapt forward as Delaney cried out and struck it a glancing blow with the torch.
▪ The Doctor leapt forward and became entangled with the archaeologist.
▪ It was brilliantly sunny, as though summer had leapt forward a few months.
▪ For one moment he looked as if he was raising his hands in surrender, then he leapt forward.
▪ The jeep dug dirt as it leapt forward.
in
▪ The keeper fumbled and defender Nigel Quigley leapt in to head home the equaliser.
off
▪ My heart leapt off the bedroom Windowledge.
▪ I leapt off the bed in excitement and found myself flat on the floor.
▪ The Trunchbull let out a yell and leapt off her chair as though a firecracker had gone off underneath her.
▪ Not only did I have loops at the edge, but seven or eight stitches actually leapt off the needles.
▪ Sammy leapt off the bed and started barking.
on
▪ As it squeaked past he darted out of his hiding place and leapt on to it, squeezing himself amongst the bottles.
▪ The Press leapt on to the story.
▪ He leapt on to a boulder, waving his weapon above his head.
▪ The man leapt on to the track at Victoria and raced into a tunnel.
▪ I leapt on to his back, fists flying, and sank my teeth into his shoulder, drawing blood.
▪ The fire leapt on to the wood and went on burning.
out
▪ Hot light leapt out from the damascened chromium steel nozzle in a dazzling silver thread.
▪ Hume may have leapt out of the fire of necessity but had he not landed in the pan of chance associations?
▪ A flame leapt out unexpectedly, caught on some dry grass, and raced across a half-dead meadow with frightening speed.
▪ They had leapt out, screaming murderously, but now they dropped all around us, dying and dead.
▪ A window was smashed with an emergency escape hammer and six prisoners leapt out as the coach slowed.
▪ Tracers leapt out of the jungle to a spot where they guessed he might be.
▪ They came to life and leapt out of their hiding places in little pots.
▪ It leapt out of the air into things and into children.
over
▪ The sandwich leapt over the doorframe and vanished into the chirping, velvety, dangerous night.
▪ A fully-grown stag leapt over the Toyota of Britain's Charles Golding in mid-stage.
▪ Argyll leapt over the clattering boards and rolling stools.
▪ She leapt over the ditch opposite the Martins' orchard wall and hurled herself into the undergrowth.
▪ With a whoop he leapt over a huge spreading puddle where a drain was blocked with litter.
then
▪ Republicans promised co-operation, then leapt to the attack yesterday.
▪ She brought her nose up to my hand, then leapt backwards, opened her mouth and tried to vomit.
▪ She floated above them then leapt into one of the bodies.
▪ My heart leapt, then sank, then leapt.
▪ Both guards broke clear, looked round for a moment and then leapt up the bank into the wood.
up
▪ Little Chef leapt up and licked her nose.
▪ Each ship in its turn leapt up and flew back over us.
▪ Her collection of outdoor treasures shot to the ground as in a single movement she leapt up and out between the trees.
▪ Junior said, and leapt up next to James.
▪ They leapt up and down the scale like mountain goats, dancing to their own pulsing rhythm.
▪ But the thing that leapt up in her when he asked it was a thing that had been lying there all along.
▪ He could feel the hall go tense, it was as if the demon king had leapt up beside Digby on the platform.
▪ First a short string of them, then a longer burst leapt up from the dark.
■ NOUN
air
▪ Again, Yanto managed to grab the tail, and yet again the fish broke free and leapt in the air.
▪ It leapt out of the air into things and into children.
▪ He ran off the cliff and leapt into the air.
▪ Flames leapt into the air, lapping up everything with their fiery tongues.
▪ It leapt back into the air with an explosive flutter of wing and tail, warbling consternation, signalling alarm.
▪ His disappointment had turned to joy and he leapt in the air, relieved the Bookman had escaped.
▪ The animal suddenly leapt in the air in a terrifying spasm of pain before collapsing, choking on its own blood.
bed
▪ And then I leapt out of bed and went to the window.
▪ Mavis leapt from bed and roamed the house.
▪ I leapt out of bed and dressed on automatic pilot.
▪ He too leapt from the bed, throwing off his covers.
▪ At about the half way point the Luggage leapt from its bed of splinters, gaped briefly in mid-air, and snapped shut.
▪ Finally I leapt out of bed, ran downstairs and out of the house.
▪ She leapt out of bed as he rubbed his head, cursing.
▪ I leapt off the bed in excitement and found myself flat on the floor.
car
▪ Ann, made of sterner stuff than the rest of her tribe, leapt from the car, determined to fish.
▪ Then he leapt into the police car, slammed it into gear and drove off.
▪ Read in studio Two joyriders leapt out of a moving car causing it to smash into a house.
▪ He leapt into the car and drove off like a maniac, but then she had expected that.
▪ They leapt down the car wrecks and legged it across the ground towards the girl.
▪ Seconds later he'd leapt into car with the kids, his bare torso on some one's lap on the front seat.
▪ At about the same instant the victim leapt from his shattered car and ran down an alley.
▪ Purser, 59, had injured an elbow as he leapt clear of the car.
foot
▪ David Laing had leapt to his feet again, spraying his neighbours with cold coffee.
▪ Laura leapt to her feet, a sign that she was about to deliver her own speech.
▪ He leapt to his feet, took Talbot's hand, and shook it vigorously.
▪ As she moved closer to him on the sofa, he leapt to his feet and began pacing the floor.
▪ Flames leapt hundreds of feet high, illuminating the jagged edges of the blocks.
▪ Duvall lashed backwards, but Jimmy had leapt to his feet, colliding with one of the hessian screens.
▪ She leapt to her feet with a cry which was instantly stifled by a mouthful of insects.
▪ Gilbert uttered a strangled cry and leapt to his feet with shadow reflections of crawling rain on his spectrally white face.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leapt

Leap \Leap\ (l[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped (l[=e]pt; 277), rarely Leapt (l[=e]pt or l[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hle['a]pan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. [=a]hl[=o]pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. l["o]pa, Dan. l["o]be, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. Elope, Lope, Lapwing, Loaf to loiter.]

  1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.
    --Bacon.

    Leap in with me into this angry flood.
    --Shak.

  2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.

    My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky.
    --Wordsworth.

Wiktionary
leapt

vb. (en-past of: leap)

WordNet
leap

  1. v. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, bound, spring]

  2. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion" [syn: jump]

  3. cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" [syn: jump]

  4. [also: leapt]

leap

  1. n. a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce]

  2. an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" [syn: jump, saltation]

  3. a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn: jump]

  4. the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"

  5. [also: leapt]

leapt

See leap

Usage examples of "leapt".

In a flood of panic and desperation, I leapt at his leg, got him around the knee, and yanked hard.

He jerked, slammed his head against the bottom of the bed, yelped, drew himself back from the bed, turned to look at me, and all but leapt back over the bed in surprise when he saw me.

My staff, driven by tightly controlled channels of air moving in response to my evocation, leapt across the room and slammed the door shut in front of Donny Wise's nose.

My heart leapt into my throat as the thing tilted up, drove an exploratory pincer down into the upper third of the elevator, then started tearing the hole even larger.

Maybe, if I did it just right, I could catch it as it leapt, minimize the damage that I did to the surrounding scenery.

A scorpion leapt at me, brown and gleaming, and I drew my legs up out of reach of its pincers, just barely.

Parker lurched forward, greasy hair flying, and the three wolves leapt on him.

When we'd arrived, a nude Tera West and five young people, three female and two male, had leapt out of the van, the Alphas hurriedly tumbling out of their robes.

I couldn't see what condition she was in, and both fear and frustration leapt up into me, for her sake.

The loup-garou turned and focused its eyes on me again, but Marcone let out a sharp whistle, and the thing turned toward him, pricking its misshapen ears forward in a weirdly doggy mannerism, before it snarled and leapt upward.

As she came through the trees, I leapt forward and was at her throat before she even realized I was there.

The second one leapt upon Michael and fastened its fangs onto his thigh, ripping and jerking.

Then he spun back to the van, with its dark-tinted windows, and leapt in.

Fire leapt up into the air, forty, fifty feet, and the sudden explosion of it lifted everyone but me up and off the ground, sent wind roaring around us in a gale.

She beckoned sharply at the ground, and one of the nails leapt up to her hand.