the act of leaping on; onset; attack.-gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity.-to leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.-to treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.-to leap or jump.-to behave with insolence; to exult.