pounding

4 definitions found

pounding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     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.
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  Pounding \Pound"ing\, n.
     1. The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.
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     2. A pounded or pulverized substance. [R.] "Covered with the
        poundings of these rocks." --J. S. Blackie.
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pounding - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pounding
      n 1: repeated heavy blows [syn: pounding, buffeting]
      2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he
         felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: throb, throbbing,
         pounding]
      3: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
         sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding
         of feet on the hallway" [syn: hammer, pound, hammering,
         pounding]

pounding - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "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