DICTOMETER

POUNDING

1. Synonyms:
   • Pounding
   • Buffeting
   Definitions:
   • repeated heavy blows
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Throb
   • Throbbing
   • Pounding
   Definitions:
   • an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
   Examples:
   • He felt a throbbing in his head
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Hammer
   • Pound
   • Hammering
   • Pounding
   Definitions:
   • the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
   Examples:
   • The sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
   • The pounding of feet on the hallway
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Thump
   • Pound
   • Poke
   Definitions:
   • hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
   Examples:
   • The salesman pounded the door knocker
   • A bible-thumping Southern Baptist
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Ram
   • Ram down
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • strike or drive against with a heavy impact
   Examples:
   • Ram the gate with a sledgehammer
   • Pound on the door
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Lumber
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • move heavily or clumsily
   Examples:
   • The heavy man lumbered across the room
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Beat
   • Pound
   • Thump
   Definitions:
   • move rhythmically
   Examples:
   • Her heart was beating fast
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Pound
   • Pound off
   Definitions:
   • partition off into compartments
   Examples:
   • The locks pound the water of the canal
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Pound
   • Pound up
   Definitions:
   • shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
   Examples:
   • The prisoners are safely pounded
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Impound
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • place or shut up in a pound
   Examples:
   • Pound the cows so they don't stray
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Pound
   Definitions:
   • break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
   Examples:
   • Pound the roots with a heavy flat stone