leaping(n = noun.act) bounce, bound, leap, saltation, spring - a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards;
is a kind of jump, jumping
has particulars: caper, capriole, pounce

   from Leap, to jump. [1913 Webster]

N  leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade, gambado, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby, leaping, saltatory, frisky, on the light fantastic toe, di salto in salto.