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Webster 1913 Edition


Pounding

Pound′ing

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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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pounding

POUND'ING

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ppr.
Beating; bruising; pulverizing; impounding.

Definition 2024


pounding

pounding

English

Verb

pounding

  1. present participle of pound

Noun

pounding (plural poundings)

  1. An act in which something or someone is pounded
    • 2008 January 21, Robin Pogrebin, “Undaunted Director at Indian Museum”, in New York Times:
      “I took a few poundings in the past.”

Adjective

pounding (comparative more pounding, superlative most pounding)

  1. Causing heavy or loud throbs
    I have a pounding headache.