"pounding" meaning in All languages combined

See pounding on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-pounding.wav Forms: more pounding [comparative], most pounding [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} pounding (comparative more pounding, superlative most pounding)
  1. Characterized by heavy or loud throbs.
    Sense id: en-pounding-en-adj-z9QjABUH Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Pain, Violence Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 8 20 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 15 15 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 9 9 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 8 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 68 12 17 3 Disambiguation of Pain: 99 0 1 0 Disambiguation of Violence: 42 27 26 5

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-pounding.wav Forms: poundings [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} pounding (plural poundings)
  1. An act in which something or someone is pounded. Translations (act in which something is pounded): frapado (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-pounding-en-noun-rJcQLxJ6 Disambiguation of 'act in which something is pounded': 96 4
  2. An old-fashioned event to welcome someone (typically a new pastor) to a new community by bring gifts of storable food (a pound of coffee, flour, sugar, etc.) to help stock the pantry. It is somewhat similar to a “shower”.
    Sense id: en-pounding-en-noun-KoT820NA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ass pounding, heart-pounding, pounding block, pulse-pounding, pussy pounding

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-pounding.wav
Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pounding
  1. present participle and gerund of pound Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pound
    Sense id: en-pounding-en-verb-SakLlbnc

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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