verb
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To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
verb
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To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
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To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
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To eat or drink very quickly.
example
You really pounded that beer!
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To pitch consistently to a certain location.
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The pitcher has been pounding the outside corner all night.
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(of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
example
As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.
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To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
example
I was pounding her all night!
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To advance heavily with measured steps.
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To make a jarring noise, as when running.
example
The engine pounds.
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To wager a pound on.
noun
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An act in which something or someone is pounded
adjective
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Causing heavy or loud throbs
example
I have a pounding headache.
Examples of pounding in a Sentence
The blood was pounding in her ears.
Her heart was pounding as he stopped in front of her.
His heart was pounding harder than ever.
I woke up with my heart pounding many times.
He began pounding his fist into his hand.
It seemed that she had barely dropped off to sleep, before someone was pounding on her door.
She glanced at him, her heart pounding harder.
A pounding at the door made him snap awake.
Her heart was pounding.
Yully's heart was pounding.
He ran until his pounding heart drowned out his pounding feet.
With a groan, she dropped back onto the bed, her head pounding.
In his second period he developed the theory of "potentiality" or dynamization - namely, that medicines gained in strength by being diluted, if the dilution was accompanied by shaking or pounding, which was supposed to "potentialize" or increase the potency of the medicine.
Fabre states that the lastnamed insect uses a stone for the temporary closing of her burrow, and the Peckhams have seen a female Ammophila take a stone between her mandibles and use it as a hammer for pounding down the earth over her finished nest.
Virtuoso guitar playing melds with pounding electronic drums to bring you tunes you'll be humming for weeks.
Even at this hour a piano was pounding out a raucous tune in one of the three saloons.
She gasped and stepped away, heart pounding.
She rummaged around one of the cupboards for her prescription painkillers, her head pounding.
She opened the door, heart pounding.
Deidre's head was pounding.
Katie watched him go, her nightmares in her thoughts and her heart pounding.
Katie emerged from the shadow world with her heart pounding.
The man beside Lana rocked back suddenly, pounding his gun on the ground as it jammed.
Kris caught it by the hilt and waited, the sound of his heart pounding loud in his ears.
Finally she pulled back to gaze up at him, fully aware of her pounding pulse.
His warm lips touched her shoulder, planting soft kisses along it and up her neck until her heart was pounding.
Claire bounded to her feet, heart pounding.
She got dressed and looked at the time, her heart pounding harder and harder as she moved towards the door.
He took her hands and pulled her close, gazing down at her with an expression that sent her heart pounding.
It was too early for the vamps to be in the gym, so she stripped down to her undershirt without changing into her sparring gear and began pounding into the dummy in front of her.
Another gorgeous girlie who reaps the benefit of David's lengthy ream nozzle pounding away in her spectacular rear end is juicy Janna.
Her heart was pounding hard and warmth invaded her neck.
Her heart was pounding and it wasn't only fear of the storm.
The pounding didn't stop until she wrenched it open.
Her heart pounding, Jenn moved forward and whispered into Jonny's ear.
They stood there, hearts even more accelerated, pounding in unison.
Cynthia was sufficiently sympathetic to the afternoon pounding Dean had taken to not bust his chops over the Fat Tire Ale.
Heart pounding, she stared at the woman and man before her.
The blood was pounding in her neck when he nibbled on her earlobe.
He issued a quick order Gabe couldn't hear through the blood pounding in his head.
Kiera offered a smile and hurried past them, heart pounding and face red with embarrassment.
Gladys Turnbull was pounding away on a lap top computer in a corner of the parlor while young Martha and Donnie played a game of Old Maid on the sofa.
Her heart was pounding for a man who didn't think of her as anything more than a little sister.
It took her a moment to separate the pounding of her heart from the sound of hooves striking earth.
With each step, the fear grew, until when she lowered herself into the chair, her heart was pounding in her ears.
He stopped outside her chambers, heart pounding.
Taran kept his gaze steady, his heart pounding.
Carmen woke to the feel of water pounding on her legs.
Heart pounding, she slowly retreated, pausing only when the heel of her shoe reached the edge of the porch.
It was a few minutes before she realized the pounding noise was someone knocking at the door.