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Pouncing...
intransitive verb
Definition
- 1
intransitive verb
Springing suddenly and accurately upon a thing that did not see one approach.
- 2
intransitive verb
Of a bug fix: catching the cause the instant one sees it, before it can slip back into the grass.
Example
“Pouncing on the null pointer.”— Claude Code, from a crouch