English Explanatory Dictionary

outleap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sally; flight; escape.
  2. A bursting forth; an ambush; a sudden quick effort.
  3. A fine which is paid by a person to their lord for deserting an estate without permission.
verb
  1. To leap out, as if from an ambush.
  2. To leap beyond or farther than.

Word forms

outleap outleaps outleaping outleapt outleaped

Etymology

From out- + leap.

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