- to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey.
- to spring, dash, or come suddenly: Unexpectedly she pounced on the right answer.
- to seize (prey) suddenly: The bird quickly pounced its prey.
- the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- a sudden swoop, as on an object of prey.
- to emboss (metal) by hammering on an instrument applied on the reverse side.
- a fine powder, as of cuttlebone, formerly used to prevent ink from spreading in writing, or to prepare parchment for writing.
- a fine powder, often of charcoal, used in transferring a design through a perforated pattern.
- a small bag filled with pounce and struck against a perforated design.
- to sprinkle, smooth, or prepare with pounce.
- to trace (a design) with pounce.
- to finish the surface of (hats) by rubbing with sandpaper or the like.
- to spring or swoop, as in capturing prey
- the act of pouncing; a spring or swoop
- the claw of a bird of prey
- to emboss (metal) by hammering from the reverse side
- a very fine resinous powder, esp of cuttlefish bone, formerly used to dry ink or sprinkled over parchment or unsized writing paper to stop the ink from running
- a fine powder, esp of charcoal, that is tapped through perforations in paper corresponding to the main lines of a design in order to transfer the design to another surface
- (as modifier)
- to dust (paper) with pounce
- to transfer (a design) by means of pounce
