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  • 1. pounce
  • Rhymes with Pounce
  • Pounce in a sentence
  • Quotes about Pounce
  • 2. pounce
Table of Contents
  • 1. pounce
  • Rhymes with Pounce
  • Pounce in a sentence
  • Quotes about Pounce
  • 2. pounce
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology

1. pounce

verb. ['ˈpaʊns'] move down on as if in an attack.

Synonyms

  • stoop
  • go down
  • come down
  • fall
  • swoop

Antonyms

  • rise
  • better
  • praise
  • inflate

Etymology

  • ponce (French)
  • pumex (Latin)

Rhymes with Pounce

  • mispronounce
  • pronounce
  • renounce
  • denounce
  • trounce
  • flounce
  • crounse
  • announce
  • younce
  • mounce
  • counce
  • bounce

Sentences with pounce


1. Noun, singular or mass
Cats and kittens pounce when they are playing with each other.

2. Verb, base form
Then, it will jump and pounce in order to break through the snow and capture its prey.

3. Adverb
Hill's Pet explains that cats pounce even when they don't need to hunt for food.

4. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
One noticeable behavior that cats do before they pounce is a "butt wiggle."

Quotes about pounce


1. I wonder that religion can live or die on the strength of a faint, stirring breeze. The scent trail shifts, causing the predator to miss the pounce. One god draws in the breath of life and rises; another god expires.
- Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

2. pounce

noun. ['ˈpaʊns'] the act of pouncing.

Synonyms

  • saltation
  • bound
  • leap
  • bounce
  • spring

Antonyms

  • float
  • refrain
  • increase
  • win

Etymology

  • ponce (French)
  • pumex (Latin)
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