Kind of year with an extra day in February (4)

I believe the answer is:

leap

(Other definitions for leap that I've seen before include "Sudden surge" , "Jump a long way" , "Sort of year" , "vault" , "Sudden bound" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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