POUNDING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for POUNDING?

Need another word that means the same as “pounding”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “pounding” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Pounding” are: hammer, hammering, pound, buffeting, throb, throbbing, bombardment, shelling, gunfire, artillery fire, barrage, battery, attack

Pounding as a Noun

Definitions of "Pounding" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pounding” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence.
• A nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec.
• The basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters.
• The basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters.
• A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy.
• The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows.
• A symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain.
• Repeated heavy blows.
• Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence.
• The basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters.
• The basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters.
• An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart.
• Repeated and heavy striking or hitting of someone or something.
• 16 ounces avoirdupois.
• A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs.
• The basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents.
• Rhythmical beating or throbbing.
• United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972.

Synonyms of "Pounding" as a noun (13 Words)

artillery fire	Large but transportable armament.
attack	The act of attacking. He launched a stinging attack on the Prime Minister.
barrage	The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written. They are considering a tidal barrage built across the Severn estuary.
battery	A unit composed of the pitcher and catcher. A mobile battery of 105 mm guns.
bombardment	The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target. A steady bombardment of emails and phone calls.
buffeting	Usually inexpensive bar. The roofs have survived the buffeting of worse winds than this.
gunfire	The act of shooting a gun. The gunfire endangered innocent bystanders.
hammer	A heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire used in the hammer throw. The sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard.
hammering	The action or sound of hammering something. A 7 0 hammering by the league leaders.
pound	The act of pounding delivering repeated heavy blows. Unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound.
shelling	A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners. The shelling went on for hours without pausing.
throb	A deep pulsating type of pain. The dull ache became a throb.
throbbing	An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart. The throbbing of the engines.

Usage Examples of "Pounding" as a noun

• All she could hear was the pounding of her heart.
• The pounding of the surf on a sandy beach.
• The pounding of feet on the hallway.

Associations of "Pounding" (30 Words)

amazement	A feeling of great surprise or wonder. She shook her head in amazement.
astonishment	Great surprise. He looked at me in astonishment.
bale	Make up into bales. Bale hay.
cent	A monetary unit in various countries, equal to one hundredth of a dollar, euro, or other decimal currency unit. The pound is down two cents at one dollar forty.
centimeter	A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
coinage	The action or process of producing coins from metal. The word is of Derrida s own coinage.
dime	Street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars. There s not a dime s worth of difference between you and him.
dollar	A piece of paper money worth one dollar. The dollar coin has never been popular in the United States.
flutter	An act of fluttering. A couple of butterflies fluttered around the garden.
gasp	Strain to obtain air by gasping. A woman gasped in horror at the sight of him.
gram	A metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
grandmother	The mother of one’s father or mother. My grandmother is ill.
inch	As a unit of map scale so many inches representing one mile on the ground. He inched the car forward.
liter	A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints.
meter	Stamp with a meter indicating the postage. Meter the flow of water.
metric	Relating to or denoting a metric. The levels of branching are arbitrary and no precise metric is applied to distance between the nodes.
nickelodeon	A cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin.
ounce	A unit of weight of one sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 28 grams. Melt three ounces of butter in a large frying pan.
palpitate	Shake; tremble. Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman s heart.
pant	Utter while panting as if out of breath. His breast panted with alarms.
penny	A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit. We didn t get paid a penny.
quake	An earthquake. A little quake of delayed shock nudged her.
quiver	The act of vibrating. The tree s branches stopped quivering.
ream	A quantity of paper 480 or 500 sheets one ream equals 20 quires. He wrote reams and reams.
shard	A piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges. Shards of glass flew in all directions.
sliver	Break up into splinters or slivers. Sliver the blanched almonds chop the pistachios and set them aside.
sterling	British money especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK. This organization does sterling work for youngsters.
ton	A unit of weight or volume of sea cargo equal to a metric ton 1 000 kg or 40 cu ft. I feel tons better.
weigh	Balance in the hands to guess or as if to guess the weight of. When the twins were born they weighed ten pounds.
yen	A yearning for something or to do something.