LEAP OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leap out mean? 

• LEAP OUT (verb)
  The verb LEAP OUT has 2 senses:

1. be highly noticeable

2. jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)

  Familiarity information: LEAP OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEAP OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be highly noticeable

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

jump; jump out; leap out; stand out; stick out

Hypernyms (to "leap out" is one way to...):

appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 2

Meaning:

Jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

burst forth; leap out; rush out; sally out

Context example:

The attackers leapt out from the bushes

Hypernyms (to "leap out" is one way to...):

appear (come into sight or view)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

I banged it a good while with one of my sculls, and at last forced it to leap out of the boat.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

There was no warning, only a leap in like a flash, a metallic clip of teeth, a leap out equally swift, and Curly’s face was ripped open from eye to jaw.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I looked into a certain corner near, half-expecting to see the slim outline of a once dreaded switch which used to lurk there, waiting to leap out imp-like and lace my quivering palm or shrinking neck.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The boar ran after him, but the tailor ran round outside and shut the door behind it, and then the raging beast, which was much too heavy and awkward to leap out of the window, was caught.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)