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verb paʊnspaʊns [no object]1(of an animal or bird of prey) spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey. as he watched, a mink pounced on the vole Example sentencesExamples - But the creature pounces at her, grabs her, and throws her at least a yard away.
- Both the beasts pounced on him and began attacking.
- Then they were woken up by three dogs pouncing onto them.
- The house seemed like a caged tiger ready to pounce on its prey.
- A nearby wolf pounced on the bird first and the rodent scuttled to freedom.
- Suddenly, without any warning, the cat pounced on me and dug its claws into the skin of my arm.
- The other smuggler tried to run, but the beast pounced on him and raised him into the air.
- He almost screamed when a rat suddenly pounced out of it, squeaking madly.
- He stalks around and pounces and growls and roars if he feels that anyone is a threat to us.
- One of the monkeys pounced on a woman holding a child, biting her arm before leaping back into the tree.
- And that's when the lion pounces and starts biting her hip.
- Like a living animal, the wood pounced on its prey, wrapping itself around the loathsome wizard.
- Before you could say ‘Quick, get the binoculars’, the owner's cat pounced.
- Like a cat poised to pounce on his prey, he was ready.
- Every time the butterfly would fly higher the kitten would pounce at the air and end up falling to the ground.
- When a predator pounces, simply escaping in the opposite direction is often the worst option.
- The creature pounced again, but he avoided it by rolling to one side.
- I was quite happy with that, so I couldn't believe it when the dog pounced on my dog.
- The cat pounced on it and took the meat to the back of the bar, under a pool table with a scarred, green felt surface.
- She hesitated for a moment, and then pounced upon her prey.
- 1.1 (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 Example sentencesExamples - Now, imagine being out with a friend, and she suddenly pounces on you.
- We were escorted into this dressing room, where all these people pounced on us with cases of make-up and racks of clothing.
- When we walked out of the test room, he practically pounced on us.
- I practically pounced on them when they arrived.
- As we left the courthouse, Hubby and Wifey and their kids pounced on us, hugging us and crying.
- Then, the other girls pounced on her - howling, high-fiving, and hugging.
- You sleep around, break hearts, and then pounce on your next victim.
- She pounced on top of him and they both tumbled to the ground.
- As soon as I open the door, my mom practically pounces on me.
- Right there on the stairs he practically pounced on me.
- And it was then that his attacker pounced.
- He pounced on the loose ball and sent a blistering shot to the net.
- That was when a stray assistant pounced on me, to do the ‘can I help?’
- And it was the same with everyone after that, and when they finally showed up around four, the girls nearly pounced on them.
- I wanted to jump up and hug Jimmy tightly, but he already pounced on me.
- That's when law enforcement agents pounced on him.
- Suddenly her pounced on her and they both went under and came up laughing.
- All I knew was that one moment Mary was sitting next to me, and the next she had pounced on me and was holding me down so that I couldn't move while she kissed me.
- He's not a particularly strong thrower, but he blocks errant pitches well and quickly pounces on bunts.
- When I arrived home my sister practically pounced on me immediately for details.
Synonyms jump on, spring on, leap on, swoop (down) on, dive at, drop down on, lunge at, bound at, fall on, set on, make a grab for, take by surprise, take unawares, catch off-guard, attack suddenly ambush, mug informal jump - 1.2 Notice and take swift advantage of a mistake or sign of weakness.
the paper pounced on her admission that she is still a member of CND Example sentencesExamples - But he reacted quickly to pounce on the rebound and fire home.
- He gathers his energy, makes a run at a sentence, flags and then pounces on individual words for inappropriate emphasis, swallowing others whole.
- He pounces on every mistake, chews them out after wins if their play isn't up to his standards.
- She saves both with groundstroke winners, but the Belgian pounces on a third with a backhand return winner.
- He waits for a pitcher to make a mistake, then pounces.
- But traffic wardens pounced when she parked slightly outside the parking bay.
- Pedants pounce on such tell-tale signs that what purports to be an image of Shakespeare is really an idealised image of the biographer himself.
- They were managers I played with who could pounce on a player's weaknesses in a measured, forthright fashion.
- Critics will pounce on their every mistake as evidence that paying teachers for performance is a bad idea.
- Thornton pounced on a goalkeeping error to put hosts York ahead in the first half.
- Predictably, the Prime Minister has immediately pounced on this, saying no ‘arbitrary date’ has been set.
- On a third occasion he was hovering behind him as the ball flew into the area, ready to pounce on any mistake.
- Not only is the whole world watching our every move but we have an active, independent, free press just waiting to pounce on any mistake this administration makes as well.
- The visitors lost the ball when trying to clear it though, and Brady pounced on the mistake to pop over a fine point.
- Competitors are ready to pounce on any weakness.
- Any lapses in concentration and the Rats will pounce in what should be a close game.
- Just as the crowd were being lulled into a stupor, Scotland pounced in the 23rd minute.
- We made the mistake of not leaving ourselves a quick exit and her father pounced on the fact that we were essentially cornered to tell us the entire history of his backyard.
- During the same period wardens have pounced on more than 1,000 motorists breaking parking or driving laws.
- Then the Tigers pounce on opponents' mistakes.
noun paʊnspaʊns 1A sudden swoop or spring. Example sentencesExamples - He rose up on one knee, then crouched there, body tight, as if tensing for the pounce.
- With a blood-curdling roar, the Manticore spread its wings and leapt at the Cleric, attempting to floor him with a pounce.
- Intensely intimate couplings, ballistic kicks, feral pounces and feisty rolling hips raise the energy level in his Philadelphia rehearsal studio into the red zone.
- Seeing this, the three sisters made a pounce at the chairs also, just in case the king thought that they were better off outside.
- With an amazing pounce, we were flying through the air again.
- The time between the pounce and the jump seemed an eternity, although it was only seconds.
- Reality came at him like the pounce of a stalking predator.
- The dog, teeth still bared, was suspended in an unmoving pounce.
- I watched for the animal but it still surprised me with a pounce onto the rock opposite the pond from me.
- Really and truly it was never going to end in this contest against a home side, who have won their last number of games on the pounce.
- She sank onto the couch, not quite relaxing, almost like a cat crouching before the pounce.
- He gave a little pounce up at her, and stood with his front paws through the fence.
- The demon, full of the momentum of the pounce, tumbled easily through after her.
Synonyms leap, spring, jump, swoop, dive, lunge, bound
Origin Late Middle English (as a noun denoting a tool for stamping or punching): origin obscure, perhaps from puncheon1. The noun sense 'a bird's claw' arose in the late 15th century and gave rise to the verb (late 17th century). Rhymes announce, bounce, denounce, flounce, fluid ounce, jounce, mispronounce, ounce, pronounce, renounce, trounce noun paʊnspaʊns mass noun1A fine resinous powder formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on unglazed paper or to prepare parchment to receive writing. 2Powdered charcoal or other fine powder dusted over a perforated pattern to transfer the design to the object beneath. Example sentencesExamples - As actual practice can demonstrate, if a pricked design is pounced from its verso, the pounce marks register more distinctly, than if pounced from the recto.
verb paʊnspaʊns [with object]1Smooth down by rubbing with pounce or pumice. Example sentencesExamples - The example shown in Plate IX is unusual for its green ground, which was achieved by pouncing the surface with copper oxide while the clay was damp.
2Transfer (a design) by the use of pounce. Example sentencesExamples - Surviving examples of drawings that have been pounced are indeed disfigured by cloudy smears of charcoal dust.
Origin Late 16th century (as a verb): from French poncer, based on Latin pumex 'pumice'. verbpaʊnspouns [no object]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 Example sentencesExamples - The house seemed like a caged tiger ready to pounce on its prey.
- Before you could say ‘Quick, get the binoculars’, the owner's cat pounced.
- Like a cat poised to pounce on his prey, he was ready.
- Every time the butterfly would fly higher the kitten would pounce at the air and end up falling to the ground.
- The other smuggler tried to run, but the beast pounced on him and raised him into the air.
- I was quite happy with that, so I couldn't believe it when the dog pounced on my dog.
- One of the monkeys pounced on a woman holding a child, biting her arm before leaping back into the tree.
- A nearby wolf pounced on the bird first and the rodent scuttled to freedom.
- The cat pounced on it and took the meat to the back of the bar, under a pool table with a scarred, green felt surface.
- Suddenly, without any warning, the cat pounced on me and dug its claws into the skin of my arm.
- When a predator pounces, simply escaping in the opposite direction is often the worst option.
- The creature pounced again, but he avoided it by rolling to one side.
- Then they were woken up by three dogs pouncing onto them.
- And that's when the lion pounces and starts biting her hip.
- He almost screamed when a rat suddenly pounced out of it, squeaking madly.
- But the creature pounces at her, grabs her, and throws her at least a yard away.
- She hesitated for a moment, and then pounced upon her prey.
- Like a living animal, the wood pounced on its prey, wrapping itself around the loathsome wizard.
- Both the beasts pounced on him and began attacking.
- He stalks around and pounces and growls and roars if he feels that anyone is a threat to us.
- 1.1 (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 Example sentencesExamples - When we walked out of the test room, he practically pounced on us.
- We were escorted into this dressing room, where all these people pounced on us with cases of make-up and racks of clothing.
- As soon as I open the door, my mom practically pounces on me.
- Now, imagine being out with a friend, and she suddenly pounces on you.
- He's not a particularly strong thrower, but he blocks errant pitches well and quickly pounces on bunts.
- When I arrived home my sister practically pounced on me immediately for details.
- I practically pounced on them when they arrived.
- All I knew was that one moment Mary was sitting next to me, and the next she had pounced on me and was holding me down so that I couldn't move while she kissed me.
- And it was then that his attacker pounced.
- She pounced on top of him and they both tumbled to the ground.
- You sleep around, break hearts, and then pounce on your next victim.
- Suddenly her pounced on her and they both went under and came up laughing.
- He pounced on the loose ball and sent a blistering shot to the net.
- Right there on the stairs he practically pounced on me.
- That's when law enforcement agents pounced on him.
- And it was the same with everyone after that, and when they finally showed up around four, the girls nearly pounced on them.
- As we left the courthouse, Hubby and Wifey and their kids pounced on us, hugging us and crying.
- That was when a stray assistant pounced on me, to do the ‘can I help?’
- I wanted to jump up and hug Jimmy tightly, but he already pounced on me.
- Then, the other girls pounced on her - howling, high-fiving, and hugging.
Synonyms jump on, spring on, leap on, swoop on, swoop down on, dive at, drop down on, lunge at, bound at, fall on, set on, make a grab for, take by surprise, take unawares, catch off-guard, attack suddenly - 1.2 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 Example sentencesExamples - Any lapses in concentration and the Rats will pounce in what should be a close game.
- Pedants pounce on such tell-tale signs that what purports to be an image of Shakespeare is really an idealised image of the biographer himself.
- During the same period wardens have pounced on more than 1,000 motorists breaking parking or driving laws.
- The visitors lost the ball when trying to clear it though, and Brady pounced on the mistake to pop over a fine point.
- Not only is the whole world watching our every move but we have an active, independent, free press just waiting to pounce on any mistake this administration makes as well.
- They were managers I played with who could pounce on a player's weaknesses in a measured, forthright fashion.
- But traffic wardens pounced when she parked slightly outside the parking bay.
- We made the mistake of not leaving ourselves a quick exit and her father pounced on the fact that we were essentially cornered to tell us the entire history of his backyard.
- Critics will pounce on their every mistake as evidence that paying teachers for performance is a bad idea.
- On a third occasion he was hovering behind him as the ball flew into the area, ready to pounce on any mistake.
- Then the Tigers pounce on opponents' mistakes.
- Competitors are ready to pounce on any weakness.
- He gathers his energy, makes a run at a sentence, flags and then pounces on individual words for inappropriate emphasis, swallowing others whole.
- Thornton pounced on a goalkeeping error to put hosts York ahead in the first half.
- He pounces on every mistake, chews them out after wins if their play isn't up to his standards.
- He waits for a pitcher to make a mistake, then pounces.
- She saves both with groundstroke winners, but the Belgian pounces on a third with a backhand return winner.
- But he reacted quickly to pounce on the rebound and fire home.
- Predictably, the Prime Minister has immediately pounced on this, saying no ‘arbitrary date’ has been set.
- Just as the crowd were being lulled into a stupor, Scotland pounced in the 23rd minute.
nounpaʊnspouns A sudden swoop or spring. Example sentencesExamples - The dog, teeth still bared, was suspended in an unmoving pounce.
- Reality came at him like the pounce of a stalking predator.
- Seeing this, the three sisters made a pounce at the chairs also, just in case the king thought that they were better off outside.
- She sank onto the couch, not quite relaxing, almost like a cat crouching before the pounce.
- I watched for the animal but it still surprised me with a pounce onto the rock opposite the pond from me.
- The time between the pounce and the jump seemed an eternity, although it was only seconds.
- He rose up on one knee, then crouched there, body tight, as if tensing for the pounce.
- Intensely intimate couplings, ballistic kicks, feral pounces and feisty rolling hips raise the energy level in his Philadelphia rehearsal studio into the red zone.
- With an amazing pounce, we were flying through the air again.
- With a blood-curdling roar, the Manticore spread its wings and leapt at the Cleric, attempting to floor him with a pounce.
- Really and truly it was never going to end in this contest against a home side, who have won their last number of games on the pounce.
- He gave a little pounce up at her, and stood with his front paws through the fence.
- The demon, full of the momentum of the pounce, tumbled easily through after her.
Synonyms leap, spring, jump, swoop, dive, lunge, bound
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 (late 17th century). nounpounspaʊns 1A fine resinous powder formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on unglazed paper or to prepare parchment to receive writing. - 1.1 Powdered charcoal or other fine powder dusted over a perforated pattern to transfer the design to the object beneath.
Example sentencesExamples - As actual practice can demonstrate, if a pricked design is pounced from its verso, the pounce marks register more distinctly, than if pounced from the recto.
verbpounspaʊns [with object]1Smooth down by rubbing with pounce or pumice. Example sentencesExamples - The example shown in Plate IX is unusual for its green ground, which was achieved by pouncing the surface with copper oxide while the clay was damp.
2Transfer (a design) by the use of pounce. Example sentencesExamples - Surviving examples of drawings that have been pounced are indeed disfigured by cloudy smears of charcoal dust.
Origin Late 16th century (as a verb): from French poncer, based on Latin pumex ‘pumice’. |