pounce

IPA(Pronunciation)

/paʊns/

Noun

archaic

A sudden leaping attack. / (archaic) The claw or talon of a bird of prey. / A punch or stamp. / Cloth worked in eyelet holes.

Japanese Meaning

急襲、または一瞬の飛びかかり攻撃 / （古語）猛禽類の爪もしくは鉤爪 / 一撃、拳打、またはスタンプする打撃 / アイレット穴をあしらって加工された布

The fox prepared for a pounce, muscles coiled as it waited for the rabbit to wander close.

キツネは跳びかかりに備え、筋肉をこわばらせてウサギが近づくのを待っていた。

Sense（1）

A sudden leaping attack.

Again the cat jolted the bed with a pounce.

Sense（2）

(archaic) The claw or talon of a bird of prey.

Sense（3）

A punch or stamp.

a pounce to print money with

Sense（4）

Cloth worked in eyelet holes.

one spendeth his patrimony upon pounces and cuts

pounces

（ plural ）