קְפִיצָה f. (קָפַץ) 1) leaping. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII אותה ק׳ ed. Bub. (ed. הקְפָצָה), v. קָפַץ; Yalk. ib. 687.—Pl. קְפִיצוֹת. Y. Succ. V, 55ᶜ top היה … בקְפִיצוֹתָיו prided himself on his leaping performances. —2) miraculous translation from place to place. Erub. 43ᵃ רקאזיל בק׳ he traversed a large distance by miraculous flight; Yeb. 116ᵃ —3) skipping, intermission. Nidd. 11ᵃ בלא ק׳ regularly.—Pl. as ab. Ib.; a. e. —4) [closing of lips,] mimic intimation of, or to a deaf and dumb person.—Pl. as ab. Gitt. 71ᵃ לא הלכו … ואחר קפיצותיו וכ׳ we follow his intimations by hints or motions of the lips or by writing only in the disposal of chattel, but not for letters of divorce.