outleap

noun, verb — 5 senses

outleap

noun

Etymology From out- + leap.

1

A sally; flight; escape.

2

A bursting forth; an ambush; a sudden quick effort.

The outleap of fury in the dagger-thrust had evidently exhausted him.1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter XIV, page 173:

3

Dated, Obsolete A fine which is paid by a person to their lord for deserting an estate without permission.

outleap

verb

Etymology From out- + leap.

1

To leap out, as if from an ambush.

2

To leap beyond or farther than.

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