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S: (n) vaulting ((architecture) a vaulted structure) "arches and vaulting"

S: (n) curvet, vaulting (a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down)

S: (v) jump, leap, bound, spring (move forward by leaps and bounds) "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

S: (v) pronk (jump straight up) "kangaroos pronk"
S: (v) bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet (spring back; spring away from an impact) "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
S: (v) burst (move suddenly, energetically, or violently) "He burst out of the house into the cool night"
S: (v) bounce (leap suddenly) "He bounced to his feet"
S: (v) capriole (perform a capriole, of horses in dressage)
S: (v) galumph (move around heavily and clumsily) "the giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen"
S: (v) ski jump (jump on skis)
S: (v) saltate (leap or skip, often in dancing) "These fish swim with a saltating motion"
S: (v) vault (bound vigorously)
S: (v) leapfrog (jump across) "He leapfrogged his classmates"
S: (v) vault, overleap (jump across or leap over (an obstacle))
S: (v) curvet (perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse)
S: (v) hop, skip, hop-skip (jump lightly)
S: (v) caper (jump about playfully)
S: (v) hop (make a jump forward or upward)

W: (n) vaulter [Related to: vault] (an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole)

S: (adj) overreaching, vaulting (revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights) "vaulting ambition"