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pounding
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pounding has 3 senses
- pounding(n = noun.event) buffeting - repeated heavy blows; Array is a kind of blow, bump
- pounding(n = noun.event) throb, throbbing - an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head" is a kind of beat, heartbeat, pulsation, pulse
- pounding(n = noun.act) hammer, hammering, pound - the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" is a kind of blow
Derived form verb pound4
Derived form verb pound1
CIDE DICTIONARY
pounding, n.
- The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating. [1913 Webster]
- A pounded or pulverized substance. J. S. Blackie. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
pounding
abrasion, atomization, attrition, barrage, beat, beating, brecciation, clicking, comminution, crumbling, crushing, detrition, disintegration, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, flutter, fluttering, fragmentation, granulation, granulization, grating, grinding, levigation, mashing, palpitant, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, pound, powdering, pulsation, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, shredding, smashing, spatter, spattering, splutter, spluttering, sputter, sputtering, staccato, tat-tat, tattoo, throb, throbbing, thrum, thrumming, thumping, ticking, tom-tom, trituration
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