He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.
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Pounce
//paʊns//
Synonyms for "pounce" (178 found)
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54 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- σήπιον noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
- ἐπιπηδάω verb (To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something)
- ἐπιπηδάω verb (To attack suddenly)
Bulgarian
3 entries- връхлитам verb (To attack suddenly)
- възползвам се verb (To eagerly seize an opportunity)
- нахвърлям се verb (To attack suddenly)
Catalan
2 entries- arena assecant noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
- sorra assecant noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 撲 /扑 verb (To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something)
- 突襲 /突袭 verb (To attack suddenly)
Danish
1 entries- radérpulver noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
Dutch
3 entries- bespringen verb (To attack suddenly)
- grijpen verb (To eagerly seize an opportunity)
- opspringen verb (To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something)
Esperanto
1 entries- alsalti verb (To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something)
Finnish
4 entries- hiekka noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
- sandarakki noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
- iskeä kyntensä verb (To attack suddenly)
- syöksyä kimppuun verb (To attack suddenly)
French
4 entries- poudre noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
- sable noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
- faire un trou verb (To stamp holes in)
- fondre sur verb (To attack suddenly)
German
4 entries- Löschsand noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
- Schreibsand noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
- (plötzlich) zuschlagen verb (To attack suddenly)
- angreifen verb (To attack suddenly)
Hungarian
2 entries- lecsap verb (To eagerly seize an opportunity)
- nyakába ugrik verb (To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something)
Persian
1 entries- بل گرفتن verb (To eagerly seize an opportunity)
Polish
1 entries- but see proszek na atrament noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
Portuguese
3 entries- dar o bote verb (To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something)
- dar o bote verb (To attack suddenly)
- dar o bote verb (To eagerly seize an opportunity)
Spanish
4 entries- arena secante noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
- abalanzarse verb (To attack suddenly)
- acometer verb (To attack suddenly)
- aprovechar verb (To eagerly seize an opportunity)
Swedish
1 entries- skrivsand noun (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry)
Tagalog
1 entries- sagpangin verb (To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something)
Thai
1 entries- ตะปบ verb (To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Sami finally saw his chance to pounce.
Source: tatoeba (6314753)
A mountain lion was preparing to pounce on Ziri.
Source: tatoeba (11440945)
The tiger was stalking Ziri, preparing to pounce.
Source: tatoeba (11441045)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.