(n.) A highwayman; a robber.
(n.) A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
(n.) A romping woman; a prostitute.
(n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.
(n.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
(n.) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.
(v. i.) To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
(v. i.) To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
(v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.