Pounding - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpaʊndɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word pounding
Brit.  |ˈpaʊndɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word pounding
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to pound

noun

- repeated heavy blows
- an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) (syn: throb, throbbing)
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) (syn: hammer, hammering, pound)
the pounding of feet on the hallway

Extra examples

The boxers were really pounding each other.

He came pounding down the stairs.

I could feel my heart pounding.

...eons of incessant pounding by the waves have comminuted the once-rocky shoreline into a bed of fine-grained sand...

...a dull pounding ache in his head...

...the once-familiar sight of a rackety newspaper office with reporters pounding away at typewriters...

All morning I've been pounding out letters on the typewriter.

When he reached the top of the stairs, his heart was pounding and he was gasping for breath.

Her heart was pounding in her chest.

His heart was pounding and his mouth was dry.

Her cheeks were hot and her heart was pounding.

He spent the next six months pounding the pavement in search of a job.

He began pounding the keyboard of his computer.

Patrick rushed to the door, his heart pounding with excitement.

She ran, her heart pounding in her chest.

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