LEAPFROGGING

LEAPFROG

leapfrog

(verb) progress by large jumps instead of small increments

leapfrog

(verb) jump across; “He leapfrogged his classmates”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

leapfrogging (plural leapfroggings)

(economics, business) The idea that small and incremental innovations lead the dominant firm to stay ahead, whereas radical innovations will permit new firms to "leapfrog" the dominant one.

Verb

leapfrogging

present participle of leapfrog.

Source: Wiktionary


LEAPFROG

Leap"frog`, n.

Definition: A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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