20 NOV. 2016 LEARNING ENGLISH. pounce = သားေကာင္ကို ခုန္ အုပ္ ဖမ္း ယူ ျခင္း

20 NOV. 2016
LEARNING ENGLISH.
pounce = သားေကာင္ကို ခုန္ အုပ္ ဖမ္း ယူ ျခင္း

pounce¹

pouns/

verb

verb: pounce; 3rd person present: pounces; past tense: pounced; past participle: pounced; gerund or present participle: pouncing

1. 1.

   (of an animal or bird of prey) spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey.

   "the wolf pounced on the rat"

   • (of a person) spring forward suddenly so as to attack or seize someone or something.

     "the gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground"

     synonyms:

     jump on, spring on, leap on, dive on, lunge at, fall on, set on, attack suddenly; More informaljump, mug "two men pounced on him"

   • notice and take swift and eager advantage of a mistake, remark, or sign of weakness.

     "reporters who are just as eager to pounce on a gaffe as on a significant news story"

noun

noun: pounce; plural noun: pounces

1.

a sudden swoop or spring.

synonyms:

leap, spring, jump, dive, lunge, bound "a sudden pounce"