Synonyms for pounce
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
The kitten pounced at the ball I threw to it.
- v. 2
To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
to pounce paper, or a pattern
- n. 1
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.
Related words
- Word family
- pouncehug
- Phrases
- pounce upon
- Other spellings
- pouncet
Example sentences
- jump Many would jump at the chance to live in New York.
- bounce Carlos's parents rented a bounce house for the party.
- leap A leap year has three hundred and sixty-six days.
- attack The fortress was secure from every kind of attack.
- swoop He drank a full glass of moonshine in one fell swoop!
By length
- 4 letters
- jump1, bump1, leap1
- 5 letters
- swoop1
- 6 letters
- attack2, strike1, bounce1
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (attack2 = 2 syllables).