Unscramble pounding

Definition of pounding

noun:

• repeated heavy blows. Synonyms: buffeting.
• an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head". Synonyms: throb, throbbing.
• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard", "the pounding of feet on the hallway". Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pound.

verb:

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker", "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist". Synonyms: poke, pound, thump.
• strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer", "pound on the door". Synonyms: pound, ram, ram down.
• move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room". Synonyms: lumber, pound.
• move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast". Synonyms: beat, pound, thump.
• partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal". Synonyms: pound, pound off.
• shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded". Synonyms: pound, pound up.
• place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray". Synonyms: impound, pound.
• break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone". Synonyms: pound.

Related words

flap, flutter, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, thrash, throb.

Words nearby

founding, rounding, sounding, wounding.

Rhymes with

abounding, astounding, compounding, confounding, expounding, founding, grounding, impounding, resounding, rounding, sounding, surrounding.