'pounce upon' definitions:
Synonyms of 'pounce upon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambush,
- appear unexpectedly,
- assail,
- assault,
- astonish,
- attack,
- be unexpected,
- blitz,
- bob up,
- bounce,
- bound,
- buck,
- buckjump,
- bushwhack,
- capriole,
- catch at,
- catch off-guard,
- catch unawares,
- clear,
- come at,
- come down on,
- come from behind,
- come unawares,
- come upon,
- come upon unexpectedly,
- crack down on,
- creep up on,
- curvet,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- dive,
- do the unexpected,
- drop,
- drop in on,
- fall,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- fasten upon,
- flash upon one,
- gang up on,
- go at,
- go for,
- harry,
- have at,
- hippety-hop,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- hop,
- hurdle,
- jump,
- jump at,
- jump over,
- land on,
- lay at,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- leap,
- leap over,
- leapfrog,
- light into,
- mug,
- negotiate,
- nose-dive,
- overjump,
- overleap,
- overskip,
- parachute,
- pitch,
- pitch into,
- plop,
- plummet,
- plump,
- plunge,
- plunk,
- pop up,
- pounce,
- pounce on,
- pound,
- pull up short,
- sail into,
- scramble for,
- seize on,
- set on,
- set upon,
- ski jump,
- skin-dive,
- skip,
- sky-dive,
- snap at,
- snatch at,
- sound,
- spring,
- spring a surprise,
- spring upon,
- start,
- start aside,
- start up,
- steeplechase,
- stoop,
- strike,
- surprise,
- swoop,
- swoop down,
- swoop down on,
- swoop down upon,
- take a header,
- take by surprise,
- take short,
- take the offensive,
- take unawares,
- turn up,
- updive,
- upleap,
- upspring,
- vault,
- wade into