English Explanatory Dictionary

upleap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To leap up; spring up.

Word forms

upleap upleaps upleaping upleaped upleapt uplept uplope uplopen

Etymology

From Middle English uplepen, equivalent to up- + leap. Cognate with Dutch oplopen (“to incur, run up”), German auflaufen (“to accumulate, mount up, run aground”).

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