overleap

Verb

Verb Forms: overleaped, overleapt, overleaping, overleaps

To jump or leap over something.
defeat (oneself) by going too far
jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
leave undone or leave out
To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
To pass over; to omit, leave out.
To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far.

Examples

He tried to overleap the triple letter score by placing a longer word, but it didn’t fit.
I overleapt myself and stumbled.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit, vault

Antonyms

attend to

Scrabble Score: 13

overleap: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
overleap: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
overleap: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

overleap: valid Words With Friends Word