pouncing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of pounce

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.
2. (countable, uncountable)Decorative perforation of cloth.
3. (countable, uncountable)A sudden leap, as of an animal when it pounces.

   “Her driver was new to the country; he mightn't be prepared for the leaping of the yellow water down dry arroyos, swift as the pouncings of a cat, or the snake-like slidings of tons of loosened rock and clay from the steep potreros […]”