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    pounce
    [pouns]
    verb
    pounce (verb) · pounces (third person present) · pounced (past tense) · pounced (past participle) · pouncing (present participle)
    1. (of an animal or bird of prey) spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey:
      "the wolf pounced on the rat" · "she looked like a vulture waiting to pounce"
      • (of a person) spring forward suddenly so as to attack or seize someone or something:
        "the gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground"
      • notice and take swift and eager advantage of a mistake, remark, or sign of weakness:
        "reporters who are just as eager to pounce on a gaffe as on a significant news story"
    noun
    pounce (noun) · pounces (plural noun)
    1. a sudden swoop or spring.
    2. archaic
      a bird's claw.
    Origin
    late Middle English (as a noun denoting a tool for stamping or punching): origin obscure, perhaps from puncheon. The noun sense ‘a bird's claw’ arose in the late 15th century and gave rise to the verb (mid 17th century).
    pounce
    [pouns]
    noun
    pounce (noun)
    1. a fine resinous powder formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on unglazed paper or to prepare parchment to receive writing.
      • powdered charcoal or other fine powder dusted over a perforated pattern to transfer the design to the object beneath.
    verb
    pounce (verb) · pounces (third person present) · pounced (past tense) · pounced (past participle) · pouncing (present participle)
    1. smooth down by rubbing with pounce or pumice.
    2. transfer (a design) by the use of pounce.
    Origin
    late 16th century (as a verb): from French poncer, based on Latin pumex ‘pumice’.
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    1. a sudden swoop or spring.
     
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  2. To attack suddenly

    1 : to suddenly jump toward and seize something with or as if with claws The cat waited to pounce. 2 : to act, approach, or attack suddenly or without hesitation I pounced on the opportunity.

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    to attack suddenly, esp. by jumping or flying down to catch or take hold of something or someone: The mountain lion pounced onto the back of an elk. (Definition of pounce from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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