"pounding" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/ 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

Noun

IPA: /ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/ Forms: poundings [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊndɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} pounding (plural poundings)
  1. An act in which something or someone is pounded.
    Sense id: en-pounding-en-noun-rJcQLxJ6
  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

IPA: /ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/
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 Categories (topical): Pain, Violence
    Sense id: en-pounding-en-verb-SakLlbnc Disambiguation of Pain: 22 6 26 47 Disambiguation of Violence: 29 7 26 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 2 9 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 3 13 59

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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