leapfrog
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Synonyms: leap-frog, leap frog, leapfrogs, leaf frog
Antonyms: leap-frog, leap frog, leapfrogs, leaf frog
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Noun
- {{lb|en|games}} A [[game#Noun|game]], often played by [[children]], in which a [[player]] [[leap#Verb|leaps]] like a [[frog]] over the [[back#Noun|back]] of another person who has [[stoop#Verb|stooped]] over. One variation of the game involves a number of people [[line up|lining up]] in a [[row#Noun|row]] and [[bend over|bending over]]. The last person in the line then [[vault#Verb|vaults]] forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.
- {{lb|en|chiefly|Britain|law|usually|attributive}} The [[process#Noun|process]] by which a [[case#Noun|case]] is [[appeal#Verb|appealed]] or allowed to be appealed directly to a [[supreme court]], [[bypass#Verb|bypassing]] an [[intermediate]] [[appellate court]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[jump]] over some [[obstacle]], as in the game of leapfrog.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[overtake]].
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[progress#Verb|progress]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|chiefly|Britain|law}} To [[appeal#Verb|appeal]] or allow to be appealed (a [[case]]) directly to a [[supreme court]], [[bypass#Verb|bypassing]] an [[intermediate]] [[appellate court]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|military}} To [[advance#Verb|advance]] by [[engage|engaging]] the [[enemy]] with one [[unit]] while another [[move#Verb|moves]] further forward.
Proper noun
- {{lb|en|slang|humorous}} [[Laphroaig]] [[whisky]].
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