0 present participle of pounce --
1 to jump or move quickly in order to catch or take hold of something: --
The cat approaches its prey slowly, and attacks by pouncing on its prey as soon as it is within range (about one metre).
Yeti have a hunting technique of lying still in the snow until their prey is near them, then pouncing.
Despite this, the partners according to the magazine avoided the cataclysm of the financial crisis, pouncing when disaster struck.
When prey is sufficiently close, it uses a rapid pouncing movement to capture the prey in its strong jaws.
The flame robin is predominantly insectivorous, pouncing on prey from a perch in a tree, or foraging on the ground.
Some are opportunistic hunters pouncing upon prey as they find it or even chasing it over short distances.
Grasshoppers and flying termites are caught either by pouncing on them while they are on the ground or are caught in mid-air.
The school's mascot is a cougar, which appears on its logo pouncing in front of a wave.
