leaping lena
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A nickname for someone or something that leaps.
name
The name given to a 1964 Vietnam War counterinsurgency operation in Laos, later renamed Project DELTA.
Example Sentences
- "The outboard motor is forever performing new stunts. The illustrations depict its latest—driving a real “Leaping Lena”—...."
- "All branches of the service find jobs for the versatile quarter-ton liaison truck, a car of unlimited possibilities in war."
- "With the motor racing and the horns blaring, “Leaping Lena” would go around in circles, to the delight of the spectators."
- "That dear car's name began as “Leaping Lena,” which was not an original name with us. Lots of old cars were called “Leaping Lena.” But when the radiator began to leak, the children appropriately changed her name to “Leaking Lena.”"
- "Kingfish Levinsky's earning power is due partly to an engaging slapstick manner in the ring, an engaging entourage which includes his sister Mrs. Lena ("Leaping Lena") Levy, famed for her loud voice and strong talk."
- "The press here today proclaimed that Leaping Lena, a Natal Province frog, had beaten the Americans and broken the world's frog-jumping record at the Frog Olympics at Capetown."
Inflected Forms
Leaping Lenas (plural)