LEAPFROG (leapfrogged, leapfrogging)

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Irregular inflected forms: leapfrogged    , leapfrogging   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does leapfrog mean? 

• LEAPFROG (noun)
  The noun LEAPFROG has 2 senses:

1. advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors

2. a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over

  Familiarity information: LEAPFROG used as a noun is rare.

• LEAPFROG (verb)
  The verb LEAPFROG has 2 senses:

1. jump across

2. progress by large jumps instead of small increments

  Familiarity information: LEAPFROG used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEAPFROG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends

Hypernyms ("leapfrog" is a kind of...):

advance; advancement; forward motion; onward motion; procession; progress; progression (the act of moving forward (as toward a goal))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A game in which one child bends down and another leaps over

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("leapfrog" is a kind of...):

child's game (a game enjoyed by children)

Derivation:

leapfrog (jump across)

• LEAPFROG (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they leapfrog    ... he / she / it leapfrogs   
Past simple: leapfrogged   
Past participle: leapfrogged   
-ing form: leapfrogging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jump across

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

He leapfrogged his classmates

Hypernyms (to "leapfrog" is one way to...):

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

leapfrog (a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Progress by large jumps instead of small increments

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "leapfrog" is one way to...):

advance; come along; come on; get along; get on; progress; shape up (develop in a positive way)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

They availed themselves of the rare privilege to the fullest extent, for some tried the pleasing experiment of drinking milk while standing on their heads, others lent a charm to leapfrog by eating pie in the pauses of the game, cookies were sown broadcast over the field, and apple turnovers roosted in the trees like a new style of bird.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)