1. The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
   "the pounding of feet on the hallway";
   - hammer, pound, hammering
    
2. Repeated heavy blows
   "The small boat endured constant pounding from the rough waves";
   - buffeting
    
3. An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
   "he felt a pounding in his head";
   - throb, throbbing

1. Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
   "the salesman pounded the door knocker";
   - thump, poke
    
2. Strike or drive against with a heavy impact
   "pound on the door";
   - ram, ram down
    
3. Move heavily or clumsily
   "The heavy man pounded across the room";
   - lumber
    
4. Move rhythmically
   "Her heart was pounding fast";
   - beat, thump
    
5. Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
   "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
    
6. Partition off into compartments
   "The locks pound the water of the canal"; "They pounded off sections of the warehouse for different storage needs";
   - pound off
    
7. Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
   "The prisoners are safely pounded"; "They pounded up the cattle in the corral";
   - pound up
    
8. Place or shut up in a pound
   "pound the cows so they don't stray";
   - impound

Derived forms: poundings

Type of: beat, blow, break up, bump, confine, constrain, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, heartbeat, hit, hold, move, partition, partition off, pulsation, pulse, restrain, thrust, walk

Encyclopedia: Pounding