Definition of "leaper" []

• Agent noun of leap; one who leaps. (noun)
• A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage. (noun)

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• "The leaper is the glory of the team, but the catchers are life to him; each of the team is life to all the rest."
• "Although he was known as a leaper who could dunk with prep's best, he was also a threat from downtown hitting 53 of 147 attempts from beyond the 19-foot-9-inch arc."
• "Chet might have flunked out of police school ( "I'd been the best leaper in K-9 class, which had led to all the trouble in a way I couldn't remember exactly, although blood was involved"), but he's a detective through and through."