Definition of "leapfrog" []

• A game in which one player kneels or bends over while the next in line leaps over him or her. (noun)
• To jump over in or as if in leapfrog. (verb-transitive)
• To advance (two military units) by engaging one with the enemy while moving the other to a position forward of the first unit. (verb-transitive)
• To avoid by or as if by a roundabout route. (verb-transitive)
• To move forward or progress in or as if in leapfrog. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The first rider -- rider A -- is on the road, and three others are in what we call a "leapfrog car.""
• "It's called the leapfrog tick tock similar to the other phones that we tested for kids."
• "While the 46-year-old condemns the violence as a tragedy, his concern is for the future and the impact of the government's 10bn yuan pledge to ensure stability in the region through rapid, "leapfrog", economic development."
• "The first rider -- rider A -- is on the road, and three others are in what we call a "leapfrog car.""
• "New technology has allowed Democrats to "leapfrog" to e-mail solicitations and other online fundraising rather than develop a mailing list, Malbin says."