how to pronounce leapfrog

/ˈliːpˌfɹɔːɡ/

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leapfrog is pronounced in two syllables

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iː

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ɔː

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An example use of leapfrog in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and that leapfrog pharmaceuticals off of …”

meanings of leapfrog

verb:

To progress.
To overtake.
To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
Of a case: to appeal or allow to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.

noun:

A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.
The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.

leapfrog frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word leapfrog occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics leapfrog can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that leapfrog can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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