Leaped [verb]

Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

He leaped out to see what had happened, and, after a few perplexed and exhausting moments, remembered.

Thinking to escape and summon assistance from the cantonment, Douglas mounted the wall and leaped into the moat.

Willoughby leaped from the walls, crossed the river, and met his death while striving to reach Meerut.

Isabel lifted her head still higher, annoyed at the angry blood that leaped to her face.

He was fired at by the sepoys, of course, but horse and man escaped untouched and the low barrier was leaped without effort.

Pearson flung his knife and fork at it, having forgotten to drop those light weapons when he leaped up.

Tom leaped on one side; the buffalo-bull turned short round and made another dash at him.

Aristide leaped, in his unexpected fashion, from his chair and almost embraced him.

Frank leaped ashore and pushed the boat off, while Mayne held her by jamming the leeward oar into the mud.