To jump.
To pass over by a leap or jump.
To cause to leap.
Intercalary, bissextile.
The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
A salmon ladder.
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
Half a bushel.
A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
A fault.
A significant move forward.
The act of leaping or jumping.
A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
A group of leopards.
To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
To display; to have as a notable feature.
To close (a door).
To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
To amuse oneself, to play.
To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
To represent by any kind of play.
Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
A sportsman; a gambler.
One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.