Pounce

POUNCE

-verb

1.  (intr.) (often followed by “on” or “upon”) to spring or swoop, as in capturing prey

-noun

2.  the act of pouncing; a spring or swoop

3.  the claw of a bird of prey

-verb

 (trans.) to emboss (metal) by hammering from the reverse side

-noun

1. a very fine resinous powder, especially of cuttlefish bone, formerly used to dry ink or sprinkled over parchment or un-sized writing paper to stop the ink from running

2.  a fine powder, especially of charcoal, that is tapped through perforations in paper corresponding to the main lines of a design in order to transfer the design to another surface

-verb

3. to dust (paper) with pounce

4. to transfer (a design) by means of pounce

Without much ado

She pounced on her nap

Refusing to let go