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2. hop, skip, bounce, bob, Inf. hippety-hop; caper, frolic, frisk, cavort, romp, gambol, curvet, capriole, dance around or about.
3. Often
leap to rush or hurry to, hurtle, form hastily or quickly, jump to; come to, arrive at, reach; conclude, decide, make up one's mind.
4. surge, increase by leaps and bounds, shoot up, skyrocket, rocket, soar; increase, rise, progress, climb, mount, ascend, appreciate, go up; advance, accelerate, escalate, grow.
-n. 5. jump, bound, spring, vault, running jump, high jump, broad or long jump, pole vault, Ballet, entrechat, Ballet, jete; (of horses) curvet, capriole, gambado, gambade, buck; hop, skip, bounce, bob; a hop, skip and a jump; caper, frolic, gambol, dance, prance.
6. hurdle, bar, Gymnastics, buck, Gymastics. horse; obstacle, obstruction, fence, rail, hedge.
7. saltation, abrupt transition, quick change; advance, movement, progression.
8. upsurge, upswing, surge, skyrocketing, rocketing, soaring; increase, rise, elevation, mounting, climbing, ascent; appreciation, augmentation, acceleration, escalation, growth.
leapfrog, v. 1. jump, jump over, overjump, overleap; vault, hurdle, cross over, sail over, shoot over, go or pass over, make it over, clear, negotiate.
2. advance, forward, promote, move [s.t.] or [s.o.] forward, move [s.t.] or [s.o.] to the front of the line or the head of the class, get [s.t.] or [s.o.] up front; push, shove, press [s.t.] or [s.o.] forward, overtake, surpass, outdistance.
learn, v. 1. comprehend, realize, Inf. get into or through one's head; master, grasp, Inf. lay hold of, Inf. catch on to, Inf. latch on to, Inf. get the idea, Inf. get a fix on, Inf. get or have it; cognize, perceive, apprehend, see, see the light, get the picture, Inf. make heads or tails of, Brit. twig.
2. ascertain, determine, detect, trace, hunt down; discover, find out, stumble upon, fall on or upon, hit upon, chance upon, light upon; uncover, bring to light, Sl. get wise to; disinter, exhume, unearth, dig up, root up, worm out, ferret out, fish out.
3. memorize, possess, con, commit to memory, learn by heart, have in one's head, have at one's fingertips.
4. glean, acquire, receive, absorb, assimilate, digest, take in, pick up, drink in, imbibe.
5. Usu.
learn of hear, hear of, get word, get wind of, Sl. get the low-down, Sl. be tipped off; understand, gather.
learned, adj. 1. erudite, punditic, wise, sage, scholarly, knowledgeable, Archaic, intelligent of; cultured, literate, lettered, versed, well-read, well-informed, (usu. disparagingly) know-it-all, Archaic. studied; educated, well-educated, well-schooled, well-instructed, well-tutored, well-trained, well-posted, well-grounded.
2. academic, scholastic, literary; intellectual, studious, profound, deep; bibliophilistic, bibliophilic, bibli-ophagous, bibliophagic; (all sometimes disparaging) highbrowed, Inf. long-haired, pedantic, bookish.
3. sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise, Sl. wise, Sl. savvy, knowing, Sl. in the know; enlightened, aware, cognizant, conscious, alive to; acquainted, familiar, conversant, intimate; expert, masterful, masterly, Fr. au fait; proficient, adept, skillful, skilled; experienced, practiced, accomplished, Inf. knowing the ropes.
learner, n. 1. scholar, academician, student, studier, pupil, educatee; schoolchild, schoolgirl, schoolboy, collegian, college girl or woman, coed, college boy or man, sophister; apprentice, Inf. prentice, trainee; disciple, follower, protege; proselyte, catechu-2. novice, novitiate, neophyte, tyro, abecedarian, tenderfoot, greenhorn, Inf. greenie; beginner, newcomer, initiate; matriculate, matriculater, entrant, freshman; recruit, rookie, enlistee, draftee, probationer.
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