spring at

spring at someone or something

to jump at someone or something. The cat sprang at me but could not sink in its claws. The spider sprang at the moth and captured it.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ÁKi	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Corbin	KAWR-bin	English
Freddie	['fredi]
Silas	SIE-ləs (English)	English, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Talita	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Patricio	pah-TREE-thyo (Spanish), pah-TREE-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish