<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.</li><li>An advance from one place, position, or situation to another without progressing through all or any of the places or stages in between: <em>a leapfrog from bank teller to vice president in one short year.</em></li><li><strong>Synonyms:</strong> witticism, quip.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) leap·frogged, leap·frog·ging.<ul><li>To jump over (a person or thing) in or as if in leapfrog: <em>He leapfrogged the fence to reach the crying child.</em></li><li>To move or cause to move as if in leapfrog: <em>Manufacturers are leapfrogging prices because the cost of raw materials has doubled.</em></li></ul></li><li>(used without object) leap·frogged, leap·frog·ging.<ul><li>To move or advance in or as if in leapfrog: <em>Our tour leapfrogged through six cities in four days.</em></li></ul></li></ul>