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
&Aelig;Lfweard	-	Anglo-Saxon
Maire	MIE-re	Finnish
Margreet	mahr-KHRAYT (Dutch)	Limburgish, Dutch
Anxo	AN-shaw	Galician
Toiba	-	Yiddish
Gunnhildr	-	Ancient Scandinavian