'Pounding' definitions:
Definition of 'pounding'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Pounding'
From: GCIDE
- Pound \Pound\ (pound), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pounding.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. Pun a play on words.]
- 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. [1913 Webster]
- With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pounding'
From: GCIDE
- Pounding \Pound"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A pounded or pulverized substance. [R.] "Covered with the poundings of these rocks." --J. S. Blackie. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pounding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Pounding'
- Pound,
- Pounded,
- Pounds,
- pound off,
- pound up,
- Fish pound,
- Foot pound,
- Fot pound,
- Pound covert,
- Pound overt,
- Pound, VA,
- Pound, WI,
- apothecaries' pound,
- british pound,
- cypriot pound,
- dog pound,
- egyptian pound,
- ezra pound,
- half pound,
- irish pound,
- lebanese pound,
- maltese pound,
- pound avoirdupois,
- pound away,
- pound cake,
- pound net,
- pound sign,
- pound sterling,
- pound troy,
- quarter pound,
- sudanese pound,
- syrian pound,
- troy pound,
- Pound-breach,
- british pound sterling,
- ezra loomis pound,
- foot-pound,
- pound-foolish,
- pounds per square inch