What does pouncing mean?
Pouncing means present participle and gerund of pounce.
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/ˈpaʊnsɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of pounce.
Her driver was new to the country; he mightn't be prepared for the leaping of the yellow water down dry arroyos, swift as the pouncings of a cat, or the snake-like slidings of tons of loosened rock and clay from the steep potreros […]
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Pouncing means present participle and gerund of pounce.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Her driver was new to the country; he mightn't be prepared for the leaping of the yellow water down dry arroyos, swift as the pouncings of a cat, or the snake-like slidings of tons of loosened rock and clay from the steep potreros […]
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