pounced

/paสŠnst/
verb
  1. 1

    To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.

    โ€œto pounce paper, or a patternโ€

verb
  1. 1

    To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.

    โ€œShe pounced on the young man, because she loved him and wanted him for herself.โ€

  2. 2

    To attack suddenly by leaping.

    โ€œI was awakened from a dead sleep by my child pouncing on top of me from out of nowhere.โ€

  3. 3

    To eagerly seize an opportunity.

    โ€œI pounced on the chance to get promoted.โ€

  4. 4

    To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.

  5. 5

    To stamp holes in; to perforate.

adjective
  1. 1

    Furnished with claws or talons.

  2. 2

    Ornamented with perforations or dots.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pounce, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pounced