'Pounce' definitions:
Definition of 'pounce'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of pouncing
verb
Move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students" [syn: pounce, swoop]
Definition of 'Pounce'
From: GCIDE
- Pounce \Pounce\, v. i. To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
- Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pounce'
From: GCIDE
- Pounce \Pounce\, n. [F. ponce pumice, pounce, fr. L. pumex, -icis, pumice. See Pumice.]
- 1. A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce.
- Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pounce'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Pounce'
From: GCIDE
- Pounce \Pounce\, n. [Prob. through French, from an assumed LL. punctiare to prick, L. pungere, punctum. See Puncheon, Punch, v. t.]
- 1. The claw or talon of a bird of prey. --Spenser. Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] "A pounce to print money with." --Withals. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] --Homilies. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pounce'
From: GCIDE
- Pounce \Pounce\, v. t.
- 1. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- Now pounce him lightly, And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. --J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pounce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambush,
- and jump,
- attack,
- belly buster,
- belly flop,
- belly whopper,
- bounce,
- bound,
- broad jump,
- buck,
- buckjump,
- cannonball,
- capriole,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- chute,
- claws,
- clear,
- clutches,
- collapse,
- come down,
- comedown,
- crash,
- crash dive,
- curvet,
- debacle,
- declension,
- declination,
- defluxion,
- demivolt,
- descend,
- descending,
- descension,
- descent,
- digits,
- dip down,
- dive,
- down,
- downbend,
- downcome,
- downcurve,
- downfall,
- downflow,
- downgrade,
- downpour,
- downrush,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward trend,
- drop,
- drop down,
- drop off,
- dropping,
- fall,
- fall down,
- fall off,
- fall upon,
- falling,
- fangs,
- fingernails,
- fingers,
- flying jump,
- gainer,
- galliard,
- gelandesprung,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- grand jete,
- gravitate,
- gravitation,
- hands,
- handspring,
- header,
- high jump,
- Highland fling,
- hippety-hop,
- hooks,
- hop,
- hurdle,
- inclination,
- jackknife,
- jaws,
- jete,
- jig,
- jump,
- jump at,
- jump on,
- jump over,
- jump shot,
- jump turn,
- jump-hop,
- jump-off,
- lavolta,
- leap,
- leap over,
- leapfrog,
- long jump,
- lose altitude,
- mandibles,
- maxillae,
- meathooks,
- mitts,
- morris,
- mug,
- nails,
- negotiate,
- nippers,
- nose dive,
- nose-dive,
- overjump,
- overleap,
- overskip,
- palm,
- parachute,
- parachute jump,
- pincers,
- pitch,
- plop,
- plummet,
- plummeting,
- plump,
- plunge,
- plunk,
- pole vault,
- pounce on,
- pounce upon,
- pounces,
- pour down,
- power dive,
- precipitate,
- rain,
- rapids,
- running broad jump,
- running dive,
- running high jump,
- saut de basque,
- ski jump,
- skin-dive,
- skip,
- sky dive,
- sky-dive,
- sound,
- spring,
- spring upon,
- start,
- start aside,
- start up,
- stationary dive,
- steeplechase,
- stoop,
- strike,
- swan dive,
- swoop,
- swoop down,
- swoop down on,
- swoop down upon,
- take a header,
- take by surprise,
- talons,
- teeth,
- tour jete,
- trend downward,
- unguals,
- ungulae,
- updive,
- upleap,
- upspring,
- vault,
- waterfall