pounding

Meanings

• repeated heavy blows
• an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
  • "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
• strike or drive against with a heavy impact
• move heavily or clumsily
• move rhythmically
• partition off into compartments
• shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
• place or shut up in a pound
• break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

Synonyms

beat, buffeting, hammer, hammering, impound, lumber, poke, pound, pound off, pound up, ram, ram down, throb, throbbing, thump