leapfrog

 
Pronunciation: /ˈliːpfrɒg/

noun

[mass noun]
  • a game in which players in turn vault with parted legs over others who are bending down: we were playing leapfrog

verb (leapfrogs, leapfrogging, leapfrogged)

[no object]
  • perform such a vault: they leapfrogged around the courtyard
  • [no object, with adverbial] 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