Lambeau Leap

noun

A touchdown celebration in which a player leaps into the bleachers behind the end zone after scoring.

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Meanings

nounLambeau Leap (plural Lambeau Leaps)

plural Lambeau Leaps

  1. American footballA touchdown celebration in which a player leaps into the bleachers behind the end zone after scoring.

Origin

Named after Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as it popularized in the 1990s by LeRoy Butler and Robert Brooks of the Green Bay Packers.

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APA

Lambeau Leap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lambeau%20Leap

MLA

“Lambeau Leap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lambeau%20Leap. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lambeau Leap,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lambeau%20Leap.

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