pounce
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pounce
n 1: the act of pouncing
v 1: 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}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making
patterns through perforated designs, -- used by
embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
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{Pounce box}, a box for sprinkling pounce.
{Pounce paper}, a transparent paper for tracing.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] "A pounce to print money with."
--Withals.
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3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] --Homilies.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pounce \Pounce\, v. t.
1. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the
talons. [Archaic]
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Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren.
--Cowper.
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Now pounce him lightly,
And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. --J.
Fletcher.
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2. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by
way of ornament. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on
the wanderings of misguided sensibility. --Jeffrey.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
169 Moby Thesaurus words for "pounce":
Highland fling, 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,
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
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