What is the meaning of leapfrog?

noun

• Advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors.
  • usage: "the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends"
• A game in which one child bends down and another leaps over.

verb

• Jump across.
  • usage: "He leapfrogged his classmates"
• Progress by large jumps instead of small increments. .