leaper
Plural: leapers
Noun
- One that performs a leap.
- someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
- One who leaps.
- A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
- A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
- Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”).
- A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.
Examples
- With that triple-word score, the opponent became an instant LEAPER in the standings.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lepere, lepare, from Old English hlēapere (“runner, leaper, dancer, courier, vagrant”), equivalent to leap + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Lööper (“runner”), West Frisian ljepper (“leaper”), West Frisian loper (“runner”), Dutch loper (“runner”), German Läufer (“runner”), Swedish löpare (“runner”), Icelandic hlaupari (“runner”).
Scrabble Score: 8
leaper: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordleaper: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
leaper: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
leaper: valid Words With Friends Word