Leaper is an English word with synonyms like bounder or jumper. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Leaper meaning
- 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.
Using Leaper
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: bounder, jumper.
- In the example corpus, leaper often appears in combinations such as: long leaper, the leaper, leaper on.
Context around Leaper
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Leaper
- In this selection, "leaper" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, long, jaguar, black, tends, nor and emblem stand out and add context to how "leaper" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a big leaper nor quick and a great leaper had had. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "leaper" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with leaper
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A view from inside The Thomas Leaper, a former Wetherspoon pub in Derby city centre. (15 words)
As an athlete, Barrett is strong but neither a big leaper nor quick with the ball. (16 words)
The tibia and fibula bones are also separate, making it probable that Triadobatrachus was not an efficient leaper. (18 words)
It appears that the choice between a Long-Leaper and a Single-Leaper tends to affect game play by encouraging "hunkering down" and overdefending pieces, and allowing pieces to spread across the board more, with less attention to bulky blockades. (40 words)
On the other hand, the black pawn on b2 and the black Chameleon on d1 are safe from the Long Leaper because there is no square on the opposite side on which the Long Leaper could land. (37 words)
For example, after the above diagrammed move, the black Leaper on c5 may wish to commit suicide, so that the other Leaper can capture the white Immobilizer by jumping over it on the fifth rank. (35 words)
Example sentences (16)
For example, after the above diagrammed move, the black Leaper on c5 may wish to commit suicide, so that the other Leaper can capture the white Immobilizer by jumping over it on the fifth rank.
It appears that the choice between a Long-Leaper and a Single-Leaper tends to affect game play by encouraging "hunkering down" and overdefending pieces, and allowing pieces to spread across the board more, with less attention to bulky blockades.
On the other hand, the black pawn on b2 and the black Chameleon on d1 are safe from the Long Leaper because there is no square on the opposite side on which the Long Leaper could land.
As an athlete, Barrett is strong but neither a big leaper nor quick with the ball.
A view from inside The Thomas Leaper, a former Wetherspoon pub in Derby city centre.
He jailed Leaper, of Haroldswick, Unst, for 26 months and banned him from driving for more than five years.
The British car maker says: 'Consisting of the newly reimagined Jaguar 'leaper' that is our precious mark of provenance.
The Jaguar 'leaper' emblem will be retained by used on a new lined background said to have taken inspiration from IBM's logo.
The sheriff accepted that Leaper had shown a reasonable degree of remorse but said there was no other option than to impose a custodial sentence.
Their pain was worsened by an early ankle injury suffered by leaper Tim O’Brien, who looks set for a stint on the sidelines.
The 5’11” junior – athletic, fast and a great leaper – had had an eventful 10 days leading up to last weekend’s event.
Also the black pawns on f2 and g2 cannot be captured by d2-h2, because there is no space in between the two pawns which would allow the Long Leaper to make two separate jumps.
Some variations of Baroque forbid multi-leaping, if only because it is felt that the game is more playable if the Leaper is less powerful.
The tibia and fibula bones are also separate, making it probable that Triadobatrachus was not an efficient leaper.
Those variants of Baroque prohibiting multiple leaps call this piece the Leaper, and restrict it to capturing the first enemy piece it encounters, provided the next space is empty or open.
USA Today Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times wrote "Kelly is a single-bound kind of leaper who dips into everything from soft porn to opera in his music.
Common combinations with leaper
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- long leaper 3×
- the leaper 3×
- leaper on 2×
- leaper had 2×