Definizione monolingua

pounce

pounce (third-person singular simple present pounces, present participle pouncing, simple past and past participle pounced)

1. (intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.

   The kitten pounced at the ball I threw to him

   She pounced on the young man, because she loved him and wanted him for herself.

2. (intransitive) To attack suddenly.

   I was awakened from a dead sleep by my child pouncing on top of me from out of nowhere.

3. (intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.

   I pounced on the chance to get promoted.

   • 2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, BBC:

     Irish debutant Conor Henderson - another ball-playing midfielder - probed for a gap through the back-line and the 19-year-olds deflected pass was pounced on by Tomas Rosicky, who sped to the byeline to clip a square ball through the legs of Charlie Daniels across the box.

Wikipedia pounce (uncountable)

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

Definizione dizionario pounce

	spolverare
	Tecnica dell'affresco che consiste nel cospargere di polvere un disegno bucherellato in modo da riprodurre sul muro il tracciato del disegno stesso.
	Applicare una tecnica dell'affresco che consiste nel cospargere di polvere un disegno bucherellato in modo da riprodurre sul muro il tracciato del disegno stesso.
	To apply an art technique used for transferring an image from one surface to another.

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To attack suddenly.

To attack suddenly

(intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.

To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something

(intransitive) To leap into the '''air''' intending to seize someone or something.

To eagerly seize an opportunity