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pounced
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pouncedadjective
Furnished with claws or talons.
Etymology: from pounce.
From a craggy cliff,
The royal eagle draws his vigorous young
Strong pounc’d. James Thomson, Spring.
Wikipedia
Pounced
Pounced is a Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf-winning thoroughbred racehorse owned by Lady Rothschild. He was retired to stud in 2010. He is a son of Rahy who stands in Kentucky and the Storm Cat mare Golden Cat. On November 7, 2009 at Santa Anita Park, Pounced stalked the front-running Bridgetown for much of the race before blowing past the Florida-bred Summer Stakes winner in the closing.
Webster Dictionary
Pouncedadjective
furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle
Pouncedadjective
ornamented with perforations or dots
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pounced in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pounced in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of pounced in a Sentence
This kind of soundbite from the president of the country, especially one who's a woman is easily pounced upon by sexist and misogynistic people.
But good thing Uncle Larry has the press because the Philly Inquirer came out [with an article] today – you're not going to believe what the headline was, 'Republicans pounced when D.A. Larry Krasner said Philly doesn't have a crisis.' It's about Republicans pouncing.
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