Main Entry:

²leapfrog

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

leap·frogged; leap·frog·ging

Date:

1872

intransitive verb: to leap or progress in or as if in leapfrogtransitive verb1: to go ahead of (each other) in turn ; specifically : to advance (two military units) by keeping one unit in action while moving the other unit past it to a position farther in front2: to evade by or as if by a bypass