intransitive verb. To spring or swoop with intent to seize someone or something.

intransitive verb. To attack or criticize suddenly.

intransitive verb. To turn the attention to and try to take advantage of.

noun. The act or an instance of pouncing.

transitive verb. To ornament (metal, for example) by perforating from the back with a pointed implement.

noun. A fine powder formerly used to smooth and finish writing paper and soak up ink.

noun. A fine powder, such as pulverized charcoal, dusted over a stencil to transfer a design to an underlying surface.

transitive verb. To sprinkle, smooth, or treat with pounce.

transitive verb. To transfer (a stenciled design) with pounce.

noun. A punch or puncheon; a stamp.

noun. A sharp-pointed graver.

noun. Cloth pounced, or worked with eyelet-holes.

noun. A claw or talon of a bird of prey; the claw or paw of any animal.

noun. A substance, such as powdered sepia-bone or powdered sandarach, used to prevent blotting in rewriting over erasures, and in medicine as an antacid; also, a similar powder used in the preparation of parchment or writing-paper.

noun. A powder (especially, the gum of the juniper-tree reduced to a finely pulverized state, or finely powdered pipe-clay darkened by charcoal) inclosed in a bag of some open stuff, and passed over holes pricked in a design to transfer the lines to a paper underneath. This kind of pounce is used by embroiderers to transfer their patterns to their stuffs; also by fresco-painters, and sometimes by engravers.

noun. A powder used as a medicine or cosmetic.

To sprinkle or rub with pounce; powder.

To trace by rubbing pounce through holes pricked in the outline of a pattern: as, to pounce a design. See pouncing.

To imprint or copy a design upon by means of pounce. See pouncing.

In hat-making, to grind or finish (felt hats) by dressing them with sandpaper.

To punch; prick; perforate; make holes in; specifically, to ornament by perforating or cutting; ornament with holes, especially eyelet-holes.

To cut, as glass or metal; ornament by cutting.

To seize with the pounces; strike suddenly with the claws or talons.

In hat-making, to raise a nap on (a felt hat). See pouncing-machine.

To fall on and seize with the pounces or talons; dart or dash upon, like a bird of prey upon its victim; seize suddenly: used with on or upon.

intransitive verb. To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon. Also used figuratively.

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

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

noun. a box for sprinkling pounce.

noun. a transparent paper for tracing.

transitive verb. To sprinkle or rub with pounce.

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

noun. A punch or stamp.

noun. Cloth worked in eyelet holes.

transitive verb. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.

transitive verb. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.

noun. A type of fine powder sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing.

verb. To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.

verb. To attack suddenly.

verb. To eagerly seize an opportunity.

noun. the act of pouncing

verb. move down on as if in an attack

"It shouldn't come as a surprise that following the former White House leader's remarks on Thursday, Democrats were quick to once again pounce on the issue."

pouncing  pounded  

bounce  bound  leap  leaping  saltation  

announce  bounce  denounce  flounce  mispronounce  

Highland fling  ambush  and jump  attack  attack  

pounced  pounces  pouncing