Is It Lept or Leapt?

The past tense of leap is leaped (pronounced leepd) or leapt (pronounced lept). The verb is often followed by prepositions such as at, down, from, into, on, onto, out of, over, toward, up, and upon. Holger leapt at the chance to show off his wit.

Is lept a real word?

The definition of lept is the past tense of leap which is defined as to jump from one thing to another. An example of lept is describing how someone has hopped from one stone to another stone.

What is the past form of leap?

a simple past tense and past participle of leap.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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