leaping

Other forms of leaping

plural

leapings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leaping

What does leaping mean?

leaping means "a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards".

How many syllables are in leaping?

leaping has 2 syllables: lea-ping. The stress falls on "lea". In IPA it is /ˈlipɪŋ/.

What is another word for leaping?

Close synonyms include leap, spring, saltation, bound, bounce. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leaping a common word?

leaping is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.