Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overleap

/oʊ.vərˈliːp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-leap
IPA: /oʊ.vərˈliːp/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.

Transitive verb

verb

To pass over; to exceed; to omit, leave out.

Transitive verb

verb

To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far.

Dated

Example Sentences

"Nor hedge, nor ditch, nor hill, nor dale she staies, / But overleapes them all, like Robucke light […]."
"It should be noted that even modest German efforts to overleap the power-political constraints on imperial expansion met with sturdy resistance from the established world powers."
"I overleapt myself and stumbled."

Etymology

From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”). By surface analysis, over- + leap.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: overlepen, oferhlēapan

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /oʊ.vərˈliːp/
British English: /əʊ.vəˈliːp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

overleaps (present, singular) overleaping (participle, present) overleaped (participle, past) overleaped (past) overleapt (participle, past) overleapt (past) o'erleap (alternative, poetic)

Synonyms

neglect pretermit omit drop miss leave out overlook vault

Questions

How do you pronounce overleap?: The recorded pronunciation is /oʊ.vərˈliːp/.
What does overleap mean?: To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
Where does overleap come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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