0 past simple and past participle of pounce --
1 to jump or move quickly in order to catch or take hold of something: --
Immediately the two policemen pounced upon him, and, twisting his arms round till he yelled with pain, hustled him out of the crowd.
Why have they not pounced upon him in the middle of the night and put him in gaol?
It is on this stretch of coast that industry has pounced.
There was a sparrow hawk in a tree which stayed for some time and every time he let his birds out the sparrow hawk pounced.
The method of selection of who is to be pounced upon in the whole of the operation is difficult and questionable.
He was the person to be pounced upon and to be deprived of his wealth.
They will be used in an escalating manner, so that lorry drivers and operators are not just pounced on without warning, overnight.
Immediately, the planners pounced and finally ordered him to revert to own produce or close down.
