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leapfrog definition

leap·frog (lēp′frôg′)

noun

a game in which each player in turn jumps, with legs spread wide, over the bent back of each of the other players

intransitive verb leapfrogged -·frogged′, leapfrogging -·frog′·ging

  1. to jump in or as if in leapfrog; skip (over)
  2. to move or progress in jumps or stages

transitive verb

to jump or skip over, as in leapfrog

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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