leap

/liːp/

The act of leaping or jumping.

The distance traversed by a leap or jump.

A group of leopards.

A significant move forward.

A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.

It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.

A fault.

Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.

A salmon ladder.