Pounce

Quick meaning: Pounce is a noun meaning (transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.

Meaning

(transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.

More Meanings

1. A sudden leaping attack.
2. A punch or stamp.
3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
4. (mining) Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
5. (archaic) The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
6. (historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
7. (historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.

Example Sentences

a pounce to print money with

to pounce paper, or a pattern

Again the cat jolted the bed with a pounce.

The kitten pounced at the ball I threw to it.

Word Forms

• pounces
• pouncing
• pounced

Synonyms for pounce

Depending on context, synonyms include leap, jump, bounce, strike, attack, bump.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swoop, rock, jump, leap, bounce, pouncet.

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