pounce
v.
fall on, storm, invade; attack, seize, assault
n.
act of suddenly swooping down and grabbing; sudden assault or attack
Pounce
Pounce!
Pounce!, Cat and mouse, Buttons, Catch me if you can and Not now but now are some of the names used for a
children's game and
drinking game, usually played by at least three players. One player, the cat, has a cup, toilet plunger, or other container, and a
die. The other players have each a mouse, a small object at the end of a string of perhaps 20 to 50 cm. The mice are all placed within a small circle, the players holding the other end of the string. The cat rolls the die, and at the throw of a one or a six, say, the cat tries to catch the mice by quickly placing the container over the circle, while the mouse players try to escape by quickly pulling their strings. At the throw of anything other than a one or a six, the cat is not allowed to place the cup at the circle, and the mice are not allowed to move.
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pounce
Noun
1. the act of pouncing
(hypernym) leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce
(derivation) swoop
Verb
1. move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"
(synonym) swoop
(hypernym) descend, fall, go down, come down
(hyponym) stoop
Pounce
(v. t.)
To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
(v. t.)
To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
(v. t.)
To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.
(v. t.)
The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
(v. t.)
Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
(v. t.)
A punch or stamp.
(v. i.)
To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.
(n.)
Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
(n.)
A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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pounce
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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