Definition of pounce Pounce

/pawˈns/ - [pawns] - pounce

We found 21 definitions of pounce from 6 different sources.

What does pounce mean?

Noun Plural: pounces
pounce - the act of pouncing
		leaping, bounce, bound, leap, saltation, spring the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
Verb pounces, pouncing, pounced
pounce - move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"
		swoop
		descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
		stoop carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"

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pounce (Noun)
A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing.
pounce (Noun)
Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
pounce (Verb)
To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
pounce (Verb)
To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
pounce (Verb)
To attack suddenly.
pounce (Verb)
To eagerly seize an opportunity.

pounce (n.)
A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
pounce (n.)
Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
pounce (v. t.)
To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
pounce (v. t.)
The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
pounce (v. t.)
A punch or stamp.
pounce (v. t.)
Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
pounce (v. t.)
To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
pounce (v. t.)
To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.
pounce (v. i.)
To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.

pounce
To apply an art technique used for transferring an image from one surface to another.

pounce
powns, v.i. to fall (upon) and seize with the claws: to dart suddenly (upon).—v.t. to ornament with small holes: to strike with the claws.—n. a hawk's claw: the paw of a lion or other animal.—adj. Pounced, furnished with talons. [Orig. to pierce, to stamp holes in for ornament; through Romance forms, from L. pungĕre, punctum.]
pounce
powns, n. a fine powder for preparing a surface for writing on: coloured powder sprinkled over holes pricked in paper to form a pattern on paper underneath.—v.t. to sprinkle with pounce, as paper or a pattern.—ns. Pounce′-box, Poun′cet-box, a box with a perforated lid for sprinkling pounce. [Fr. ponce, pumice—L. pumex, pumicis, pumice-stone.]