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leapfrog^¹

/ˈliːpfɹɒɡ/ UK
/ˈliːpfɹɑɡ/ US
/-fɹɔɡ/ US

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From leap + frog.

noun leapfrogs · leap frog · leap-frog

countable, uncountable A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then 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. La Poſte (jeu d'Enfant) Skip-frog, or Leap-frog, a Boyiſh Play.
UK, attributive, countable, uncountable, usually The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court. The Supreme Court can hear appeals direct from the High Court under the ‘leapfrog’ procedure. This procedure is reserved for matters certified by the Supreme Court to be of general public importance—the type of issue which would ultimately be appealed from the Court of Appeal in any event. There are

verb leapfrogs · leapfrogging · leapfrogged · leap-frog

transitive To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog. Zachary Black jumps out from behind a bush. My heart leapfrogs up my throat, climbs out of my mouth and scarpers down the street.
transitive To overtake. This new product will leapfrog the competition.
intransitive To progress. [W]hen we emerged refueled from an air-conditioned café about forty-five minutes later, the temperature had leapfrogged at least ten degrees.
UK, transitive To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court. In Jones v Kaney [2010] EWHC 61 (Q.B.) at first instance, the issue was whether the claimant's psychologist in a personal injury claim was negligent because in a joint written statement with the other side's expert, she had resiled from her diagnosis of PTSD without comment or amendment of her repor
transitive To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward. In late November and early December, General [William] Rosecrans juggled his units in preparation for the upcoming drive against [Braxton] Bragg. Among the changes, Sill's brigade relinquished its position in the advance of the army as other units leap-frogged south to the head of the army.

Leapfrog^²

proper noun

humorous, slang Laphroaig whisky. I poured myself some more Glen Generic then saw that somebody had brought a bottle of cask-strength Laphroaig, so abandoned my first glass and poured another of the Leapfrog and went to the fridge for some water.

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noun game

Español	correcalles, pídola
日本語	馬跳び umatobi
中文	蛙跳 wātiào
Português	carniça, eixo-badeixo
Français	saute-mouton
Deutsch	Bockspringen
Italiano	cavallina
Ελληνικά	βαρελάκια varelákia
Română	capră
Русский	чехарда́ čexardá

verb to jump over some obstacle

Español	saltar
Deutsch	überspringen
Tiếng Việt	nhảy cừu

verb to overtake

Español	rebasar, sobrepasar
Deutsch	überholen
Tiếng Việt	nhảy cừu

verb military: to advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward

Tiếng Việt	nhảy cóc

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@misc{leapfrog_2026,
  title = {leapfrog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leapfrog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}