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Exact Match:

pounce

the act of pouncing

move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

Synonyms:

• Highland fling,
• ambush,
• and jump,
• attack,
• belly buster,
• belly flop,
• belly whopper,
• bounce,
• bound,
• broad jump,
• buck,
• buckjump,
• cannonball,
• capriole,
• cascade,
• cataract,
• chute,
• claws,
• clear,
• clutches,
• collapse,
• come down,
• comedown,
• crash,
• crash dive,
• curvet,
• debacle,
• declension,
• declination,
• defluxion,
• demivolt,
• descend,
• descending,
• descension,
• descent,
• digits,
• dip down,
• dive,
• down,
• downbend,
• downcome,
• downcurve,
• downfall,
• downflow,
• downgrade,
• downpour,
• downrush,
• downtrend,
• downturn,
• downward trend,
• drop,
• drop down,
• drop off,
• dropping,
• fall,
• fall down,
• fall off,
• fall upon,
• falling,
• fangs,
• fingernails,
• fingers,
• flying jump,
• gainer,
• galliard,
• gelandesprung,
• go down,
• go downhill,
• grand jete,
• gravitate,
• gravitation,
• hands,
• handspring,
• header,
• high jump,
• hippety-hop,
• hooks,
• hop,
• hurdle,
• inclination,
• jackknife,
• jaws,
• jete,
• jig,
• jump,
• jump at,
• jump on,
• jump over,
• jump shot,
• jump turn,
• jump-hop,
• jump-off,
• lavolta,
• leap,
• leap over,
• leapfrog,
• long jump,
• lose altitude,
• mandibles,
• maxillae,
• meathooks,
• mitts,
• morris,
• mug,
• nails,
• negotiate,
• nippers,
• nose dive,
• nose-dive,
• overjump,
• overleap,
• overskip,
• palm,
• parachute,
• parachute jump,
• pincers,
• pitch,
• plop,
• plummet,
• plummeting,
• plump,
• plunge,
• plunk,
• pole vault,
• pounce on,
• pounce upon,
• pounces,
• pour down,
• power dive,
• precipitate,
• rain,
• rapids,
• running broad jump,
• running dive,
• running high jump,
• saut de basque,
• ski jump,
• skin-dive,
• skip,
• sky dive,
• sky-dive,
• sound,
• spring,
• spring upon,
• start,
• start aside,
• start up,
• stationary dive,
• steeplechase,
• stoop,
• strike,
• swan dive,
• swoop,
• swoop down,
• swoop down on,
• swoop down upon,
• take a header,
• take by surprise,
• talons,
• teeth,
• tour jete,
• trend downward,
• unguals,
• ungulae,
• updive,
• upleap,
• upspring,
• vault,
• waterfall