[ noun ] someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition) <noun.person>
Leaper \Leap"er\, n. [AS. hle['a]pere.] One who, or that which, leaps.
Leaper \Leap"er\, n. [See 1st {Leap}.] A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
After 21 years of entering frogs in the annual Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, Tom Beatty won with a leaper whose name is rich in literary meaning _ Heavy Metal.