pounce
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /paʊns/
pounce (uncountable)
- (historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- (historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
- German: Löschsand, Schreibsand
- Spanish: margajita (because one used pyrite or marcasite for it)
pounce (pounces, present participle pouncing; past and past participle pounced)
- (transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
- to pounce paper, or a pattern
pounce (plural pounces)
- A sudden leaping attack.
- The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- A punch or stamp.
- a pounce to print money with
- Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
pounce (pounces, present participle pouncing; past and past participle pounced)
- (intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
- The kitten pounced at the ball I threw to it.
- She pounced on the young man, because she loved him and wanted him for herself.
- (intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
- I was awakened from a dead sleep by my child pouncing on top of me from out of nowhere.
- (intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.
- I pounced on the chance to get promoted.
- While he was out of town on vacation, I pounced, leaking the photos.
- Why would I talk to the press and give them a chance to pounce on me?
- (transitive) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
- Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren.
- Now pounce him lightly, / And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper.
- (transitive) To stamp holes in; to perforate.
- (instance of propelling oneself into air) leap, jump, bounce
- (instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated place) strike, attack
- Portuguese: dar o bote
- Spanish: brincar
- French: fondre sur
- German: überfallen, angreifen
- Portuguese: dar o bote
- Spanish: atacar
- Portuguese: dar o bote
- Spanish: aprovechar
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