Definitions for Pounce
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. pounceverb

   the act of pouncing

2. pounce, swoopverb

   move down on as if in an attack

   "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. POUNCEnoun

   Etymology: ponzone, Italian. Skinner.

   1. The claw or talon of a bird of prey.

   As haggard hawk, presuming to contend
   With hardy fowl, about his able might,
   His weary pounces, all in vain doth spend
   To truss the prey too heavy for his flight. Fa. Queen.

   The new-dissembl’d eagle, now endu’d
   With beak and pounces Hercules pursu’d. Dryden.

   ’Twas a mean prey for a bird of his pounces. Francis Atterbury.

   2. The powder of gum sandarach, so called because it is thrown upon paper through a perforated box.

2. To Pounceverb

   Etymology: pongonare, Italian.

   1. To pierce; to perforate.

   Barbarous people, that go naked, do not only paint, but pounce and raise their skin, that the painting may not be taken forth, and make it into works. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   2. To pour or sprinkle through small perforations.

   It may be tried by incorporating copple-dust, by pouncing into the quicksilver. Francis Bacon.

   3. To seize with the pounces or talons.

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1. pounce

   Pounce generally refers to a sudden spring or leap with the intention to seize or attack something or someone. It's often used to describe the action of predatory animals. It can also refer to making an immediate and proactive action or response towards an opportunity or situation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pouncenoun

   a fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript

2. Pouncenoun

   charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc

3. Pounceverb

   to sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern

4. Pounceverb

   the claw or talon of a bird of prey

5. Pounceverb

   a punch or stamp

6. Pounceverb

   cloth worked in eyelet holes

7. Pounceverb

   to strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons

8. Pounceverb

   to punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament

9. Pounceverb

   to fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively

10. Etymology: [Prob. through French, from an assumed LL. punctiare to prick, L. pungere, punctum. See Puncheon, Punch, v. t.]

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1. Pounce

   Pounce is a line of cat treats or snacks that are manufactured by Del Monte Foods. The treats come in different flavors such as Tuna, Chicken, Seafood Medley, and Catnip. In the 1980s, pounces were also available in such flavors as shrimp and beef, vegetable, and Italian Bread. A lot of cats will stand on their hind legs to reach a Pounce if you hold it high enough.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Pounce

   powns, v.i. to fall (upon) and seize with the claws: to dart suddenly (upon).—v.t. to ornament with small holes: to strike with the claws.—n. a hawk's claw: the paw of a lion or other animal.—adj. Pounced, furnished with talons. [Orig. to pierce, to stamp holes in for ornament; through Romance forms, from L. pungĕre, punctum.]

2. Pounce

   powns, n. a fine powder for preparing a surface for writing on: coloured powder sprinkled over holes pricked in paper to form a pattern on paper underneath.—v.t. to sprinkle with pounce, as paper or a pattern.—ns. Pounce′-box, Poun′cet-box, a box with a perforated lid for sprinkling pounce. [Fr. ponce, pumice—L. pumex, pumicis, pumice-stone.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pounce in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pounce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Pounce in a Sentence

1. Manuel Valls:

   We must remain united and focused because we must be strong in the face of this threat, populism stalks us, ready to pounce at any opportunity, to blow on the embers of discord and exacerbate divisions, as every new division makes us more vulnerable.

2. Shawn Crowley:

   Three women, one clear pattern, pounce, kiss, grab, grope, don’t wait. When you’re a star you can do anything you want. And when they speak up about what happened, attack, humiliate them, call them liars. Call them too ugly to assault.

3. Eric Smith:

   Santa Barbara is probably the single worst location on the planet anybody could choose for an oil spill, since the '69 spill, people have just been waiting to pounce on the oil industry. To have the spill here, this company is profoundly unlucky.

4. Rami Makhlouf on Sunday:

   Did anyone expect the security forces would pounce on Rami Makhlouf's companies who were their biggest supporters and their patron during the war?

5. Stanisław Jerzy Lec:

   Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pounce
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Pounce
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pounce
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Pounce
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Pounce