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leapfrog

Syllabification: (leap·frog)

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Definition of leapfrog

noun

  • a game in which players in turn vault with parted legs over the backs of others who are bending down.

verb (leapfrogs, leapfrogging, leapfrogged)

[no object]
  • with legs parted, vault oneself over the backs of others who are bending down:they leapfrogged around the courtyard
  • (of a person or group) surpass or overtake another to move into a leading or dominant position:she leapfrogged into a sales position
  • [with object] pass over (a stage or obstacle):attempts to leapfrog the barriers of class

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