Meaning

2 senses
  1. An act in which something or someone is pounded.

  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”.

More definitions
  • repeated heavy blows
  • an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
  • the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

Forms

plural: poundings
Singularpounding
Pluralpoundings

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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