Overview of noun pounding

The noun pounding has 3 senses

• pounding, buffeting -- (repeated heavy blows)


• throb, throbbing, pounding -- (an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head")


• hammer, pound, hammering, pounding -- (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway")

Overview of verb pound

The verb pound has 8 senses

• thump, pound, poke -- (hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist")


• ram, ram down, pound -- (strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door")


• lumber, pound -- (move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room")


• beat, pound, thump -- (move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast")


• pound, pound off -- (partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal")


• pound, pound up -- (shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded")


• impound, pound -- (place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray")


• pound -- (break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone")