pounce

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The press will pounce on google for Google+/Wave/Buzz.

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the act of pouncing

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noun

the act of pouncing

verb

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pounce.

noun

the act of pouncing

verb

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

Example sentences

The press will pounce on google for Google+/Wave/Buzz.

Right there, you have two vertical streams of expertise they could pounce on.

> then I pounce with an upvote, giving it a second vote in a short period of time.

What would they think of putting "suspicious" people on a list so the govt could pounce on them the minute they try to cross the border?

But it'd be nice if we could keep things in perspective here and at least do better than the media, who can't wait to pounce on a Princeton vs. Facebook feud.

I would much rather have employees who can take initiative to fix problems and pounce on new business opportunities.

This is masked, but consider these quotes:"the FDA cant do anything about a harmful supplement until after it has been on the market and caused harm" and "...legislators [...] pounce, doing their best to kill or water down any legislation that strengthens the FDAs hand in removing potentially dangerous supplements.

They're like terrorist cells - completely distributed and probably hiding somewhere under your kitchen counter, ready to pounce on you with talk of a fairer society at any moment.

We also don't need environmentalist drivel that has no hope of being scientifically proven on the front page of HN, along with a vocal minority waiting to pounce on anyone that questions the validity of such nonsense.

However I doubt that people would herald the new inclusionist Wikipedia where everyone's dad can get an article, instead they'd mercilessly pounce on the new Wikipedia full of spam, self-advertising, non-referenced, non-verified, non-sensical and attack articles.

Is that a bad thing if it pushes another worthy post out of contention for eyeballs?I sometimes write a blog post, but instead of submitting it myself, I check the new queue waiting for someone else to submit it, then I pounce with an upvote, giving it a second vote in a short period of time.

Are you suggesting that the success of Viaweb was inevitable?There are a million possible failure cases for any startup, including a large number that are for all practical purposes out of your control - a car accident could disable a key participant, a better competitor could suddenly pounce on the scene, fraudsters could decide to make you a target, etc.