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overleap.

To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/oʊ.vərˈliːp/US/əʊ.vəˈliːp/UK
  1. To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.

    transitive
  2. To pass over; to exceed; to omit, leave out.

    transitive
  3. To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far.

    dated · reflexive
    I overleapt myself and stumbled.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”). By surface analysis, over- + leap.

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