Word of the Day: Catachrestical
By leaps.
By leaps.
Leap Roget’s Thesaurus §309
N. 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
V. 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, jump about, trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes
Adv. on the light fantastic toe
Phr. di salto in salto
King James Bible KJV Bible
Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible
3 KJV and 4 BSB verses contain “Leaping”
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.