pounding

Plural: poundings

Noun

• repeated heavy blows
• an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
  • "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
• An act in which something or someone is pounded.
• An old-fashioned event to welcome someone (typically a new pastor) to a new community by bring gifts of storable food (a pound of coffee, flour, sugar, etc.) to help stock the pantry. It is somewhat similar to a “shower”.

Verb

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
• strike or drive against with a heavy impact
• move heavily or clumsily
• move rhythmically
• partition off into compartments
• shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
• place or shut up in a pound
• break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
• present participle and gerund of pound

Adj

• Characterized by heavy or loud throbs.

Examples

• I have a pounding headache.
• pounding rain

Synonyms

beat, buffeting, hammer, hammering, impound, lumber, poke, pound, pound off, pound up, ram, ram down, throb, throbbing, thump

Anagrams of pounding