"pounce" meaning in English

See pounce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /paʊns/ Audio: en-us-pounce.ogg [US] Forms: pounce [canonical], pounces [third-person, singular], pounced [past], pounced [past, participle], pouncing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|pounc|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To suddenly jump onto something and grab it.
    Sense id: simple-pounce-en-verb-0JQf~ZjW
     
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