Pounding

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In coining, the process of testing repeatedly the weight of a given number of blanks punched from a sheet of gold or silver.
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  • noun. The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.
  • noun. A pounded or pulverized substance.
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  • verb. Present participle of pound.
  • noun. An act in which something or someone is pounded
  • adjective. Causing heavy or loud throbs
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  • noun. an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
  • noun. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
  • noun. repeated heavy blows
    • Word Usage
    "He took a relentless pounding from the media and then from Palin."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beat  blow  bump  heartbeat  pulsation  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abounding  astounding  bounding  compounding  confounding  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abrasion  atomization  attrition  barrage  beat  
    verb-stem
    pound  
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