pounding
pounding · poundings
фунт
фунт, штрафстоянка
Pfund, Tierheim, Zwinger
An act in which something or someone is poundedAn act in which something or someone is pounded.
/ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/
Meaning
2 sensesAn act in which something or someone is pounded.
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: poundingsSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsRelatedpound
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.