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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pound \Pound\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pounding}.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. {Pun} a play on words.]
1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks. --Dryden.
2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pounding \Pound"ing\, noun
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pounding
noun
1: repeated heavy blows [syn: {buffeting}]
2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: {throb}, {throbbing}]
3: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: {hammer}, {pound}, {hammering}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "pounding": 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, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, 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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