Meaning of POUNDING
| Pronunciation: | | p'awnding
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- [n] the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
- [n] an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"
- [n] repeated heavy blows
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| | Synonyms: | | buffeting, hammer, hammering, pound, throb, throbbing |
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| | See Also: | | beat, blow, blow, bump, heartbeat, pulsation, pulse | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pound"ing\, n.
1. The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.
2. A pounded or pulverized substance. [R.] ``Covered with the
poundings of these rocks.'' --J. S. Blackie.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, rataplan, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, 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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