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Pounding

noun

1.

Repeated heavy blows. Synonym: buffeting.

2.

An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart). Synonyms: throb, throbbing.

3.

The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows). Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pound. "The pounding of feet on the hallway"

Pound

verb

(past & past part. pounded; pres. part. pounding)

1.

Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument. Synonyms: poke, thump. "A bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

2.

Strike or drive against with a heavy impact. Synonyms: ram, ram down. "Pound on the door"

3.

Move heavily or clumsily. Synonym: lumber.

4.

Move rhythmically. Synonyms: beat, thump.

5.

Partition off into compartments. Synonym: pound off.

6.

Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits. Synonym: pound up.

7.

Place or shut up in a pound. Synonym: impound.

8.

Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle.

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"Pounding" Quotes from Famous Books

... He was lost. Suddenly the quiet of Baldpate Mountain was assailed by a loud pounding at the inn door, and a voice crying, ...

— Seven Keys to Baldpate • Earl Derr Biggers

... meat from a cold roast or boiled chicken and to every lb. allow 1/4 of a lb. of butter, 1 teaspoonful of pounded mace, and 1/2 a small grated nutmeg; salt and pepper to taste. Cut the meat in small pieces, pound it well with the butter, sprinkle in the spices gradually and keep pounding until reduced to a paste. Put it into small jars and cover with ...

— 365 Luncheon Dishes - A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year • Anonymous

... and men, killed and wounded on the fleet—Commodore Foote being one of the wounded. The flag-ship alone was struck fifty-nine times. One rifled gun on the Carondelet burst during the action. The terrible pounding by the heavy navy guns seems to have inflicted no injury upon the earthworks, their ...

— From Fort Henry to Corinth • Manning Ferguson Force

... detail from the 65th Coffin and two others stood their ground until the foremost of the herd was crossing the ford near at hand, large, threatening, trumpeting. Then the three ran like hares, hearts pounding at their sides, the ocean roaring in their ears, and in every cell in their bodies an accurate impression that they had been seen, and that the trumpeting herd meant to run down, kill or capture every grey soldier in Port Republic! Underfoot was wet knot grass, difficult and ...

— The Long Roll • Mary Johnston

... My heart was pounding at my ribs. I was breathing in fast gulps. With my thumb on the hammer of the musket, I gave one glance to the priming, and half raised it to ...

— The Mutineers • Charles Boardman Hawes

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