Roget's Thesaurus

#309. Leap

Nouns

leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation. ance, caper; curvet, caracole; gambade, gambado; capriole, demivolt; buck, buck jump; hop skip and jump; falcade. kangaroo, jerboa; chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea; buckjumper; wallaby.

Verbs

leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; buck, buck jump; curvet, caracole; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk etc. (amusement) 840; jump about etc. (agitation) 315; trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.

Adjectives

leaping etc. v.; saltatory, frisky.

Adverbs

on the light fantastic toe.

Phrases

di salto in salto [It.].