Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Furnished with pounces or talons.
- Ornamented with holes or indentations upon the surface, or with cut-work; perforated.
- Powdered; mealy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Furnished with claws or talons.
- adjective obsolete Ornamented with perforations or dots.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pounce . - adjective obsolete Furnished with
claws ortalons . - adjective obsolete Ornamented with
perforations ordots .
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Examples
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Daniel Sedin pounced on it and fed a pass to his identical twin alone in front of the net, where he deked Mason down and shot it in.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Brylin pounced on the rebound for his first goal in 13 games.
USATODAY.com 2007
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Tully Banta-Cain pounced on Kurt Warner's fumble in the Cardinals 'end zone to give the 49ers a wild 37-31 overtime victory and end their eight-game losing streak Sunday.
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In the fourth, the Bryans again pounced on Vliegen to break twice early on.
USATODAY.com - Bryan brothers give U.S. a 2-1 lead in Davis Cup 2005
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Saprykin pounced on it and set up Nilson with a perfect goalmouth feed at 17: 49 of the second.
USATODAY.com - St. Louis gives Calgary the blues, forces Game 7 2004
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But Sundin pounced on a turnover and scored into an empty net with 38 seconds remaining.
USATODAY.com 2003
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Vancouver's captain pounced on the turnover and snapped a wrister from the edge of the left circle between Fernandez's pads.
USATODAY.com 2003
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Poulin pounced on the rebound and put it past Vanbiesbrouck for a 1-0 lead.
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After Sampras served the first of his double faults, Safin pounced again, setting up the first break point of the match with a spectacular running backhand pass, and taking the game with a solid return Sampras slugged long.
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A rich strong expressive affection in short pounced upon her in the shape of a handsomer, ampler, older Mrs. Beale.
What Maisie Knew Henry James 1879
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