pouncing in English

verb

1

(of an animal or bird of prey) spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey.

the wolf pounced on the rat

2

smooth down by rubbing with pounce or pumice.

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.

3

transfer (a design) by the use of pounce.

Surviving examples of drawings that have been pounced are indeed disfigured by cloudy smears of charcoal dust.

verb

• jump on, spring on, leap on, dive on, lunge at, fall on, set on, attack suddenly, jump, mug
• swoop

Use "pouncing" in a sentence

1. Campers ‘Attacked’ by bear pouncing on tent

2. A paper bag can give him hours of pouncing fun .

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5. Cyrus will be like “a bird of prey,” pouncing suddenly and unexpectedly upon Babylon.

6. 17 The servants stalking mosquitoes at twilight, crafty, pouncing on the window screens.

7. The flag of the Department of Amazonas, a Colombian department, features a black jaguar silhouette pouncing towards a hunter.

8. She also tells Odysseus to ask Scylla's mother, the river nymph Crataeis, to prevent Scylla from pouncing more than once.

9. […] Roaring, leaping, pouncing, the tempest raged About the wanderers, drowning and blotting out their forms with sandy spume.

10. At 8:30am while reading the Seattle Times we noticed movement in our backyard and saw 3 bobcat Cubs pouncing upon each other!!!

11. Just the day before, big Bluegills were pouncing our red worms and crickets in all depths providing ample fun for the kids and adults alike,

12. 2 Goblin Patrol 2 Goblin War Buggy 3 Wild Dogs 1 Pouncing Jaguar 2 Acridian 2 Shivan Raptor 2 Thundering Giant 2 Cradle Guard 1 Anaconda 1 Bull Hippo 1 Argothian Wurm