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Leapfrog

noun

Advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors.

A game in which one child bends down and another leaps over.

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"Leapfrog" Quotes from Famous Books

... pent up in that drawer-like lookin' berth, till I've growed like a pine-tree with its branches off—straight up and down. My legs is like a pair of compasses that's got wet; they are rusty on the hinges, and won't work. I'll play leapfrog up the street, over every feller's head, till I get to the Liners' Hotel; I hope I may be shot if I don't. Jube, you villain, stand still there on the deck, and hold up stiff, you nigger. Warny once—warny twice—warny three times; now ...

— The Attache - or, Sam Slick in England, Complete • Thomas Chandler Haliburton

... every form of active and innocent occupation that could be carried on in such a congested quarter as this: blind man's buff and pillow fights and hide-and-go-seek, gymnastics in the dining room, and bean-bags in the school room. (We broke two windows.) The boys played leapfrog up and down the hall, and jarred all the plaster in the building. We have cleaned energetically and furiously. All the woodwork has been washed, and all of the floors polished. But despite everything, we have a great deal of energy left, and we are getting to that point of nerves where ...

— Dear Enemy • Jean Webster

Words linked to "Leapfrog" : forward motion, advancement, get along, progression, progress, advance, onward motion, spring, shape up, leap, jump, procession, come along, come on, child's game, get on, bound