| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section IV. Motion | | 4. Motion with Reference to Direction |
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| 309. Leap. |
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| NOUN: | LEAP, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, pole vault, leaping, saltation [rare].
CAPER; dance, curvet, caracole or caracol; gambade, gambado, gambol, frisk, prance, dido [colloq. U. S.], capriole, demivolt; buck, - jump; hop skip and jump; falcade.
[COMPARISONS] kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea; buckjumper; wallaby.
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| VERB: | LEAP; jump -up, - over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, negotiate [cant], clear, ramp, trip, skip.
prance, dance, caper; buck, buck-jump; curvet, caracole or caracol; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk (amusement) [See Amusement]; jump about (agitation) [See Agitation]; cut capers [colloq.], cut a dido [colloq., U. S.]; trip it on the light fantastic toe, dance oneself off one’s legs, dance the soles off one’s feet.
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| ADJECTIVE: | LEAPING &c. v.; saltatorial, saltatoric or saltatory; frisky, lively.
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| ADVERB: | on the light fantastic toe.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Di salto in salto.
- From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder.—Byron
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