noun

• 1Repeated and heavy striking or hitting of someone or something.

  ‘the pounding of the surf on a sandy beach’

  More example sentences

  • ‘As the storm passed through our area, these heavy winds took a pounding on the Atlantic coast.’
  • ‘But certainly the area south of the city today, we're told, taking a very heavy pounding indeed.’
  • ‘She remembered waking up with heavy pounding on the door.’
  • ‘She sat serenely in her throne, surveying her courtiers through utterly regal eyes, which hid the heavy pounding of her heart.’
  • ‘The heavy pounding of a bass guitar invaded my brain, and I realized the neighbors were still playing my music.’
  • ‘Heavy pounding at my door accompanied my mother's worried question.’
  • ‘True to her observation, the heavy pounding steadily got louder and louder, until it suddenly stopped.’
  • ‘Most bodybuilders would assume that this works because it gives the joints a break from heavy pounding.’
  • ‘The market took a pounding in almost all sectors, with the momentum of a month-long decline in high-tech stocks dragging the market down yet further.’
  • ‘For Williams took a pounding, albeit brief, but came back to clinch the fight with some terrific work in the 12 th and final round.’
  • ‘The government took a pounding on all fronts last week.’
  • ‘When the market started to weaken they really took a pounding.’
  • ‘Big Vinny was the only guy that supported them and he took a pounding for that at school.’
  • ‘That's the place where a Notre Dame football player took a pounding after being arrested.’
  • ‘The runway, made of asphalt reinforced with more asphalt, took a pounding.’
  • ‘Then if the carts are built heavy, even heavier wheel brackets are needed to absorb this pounding.’
  • ‘Almost as soon as she had, the door shook with heavy, rhythmic poundings.’
  • ‘I heard the heavy poundings of my heart in my ears; I felt the inward struggle as I gasped for breaths.’
  • ‘The London market took another pounding yesterday as a huge sell-off in the US hit investor confidence in the City.’
  • ‘We are arranging so that presently this will be the other way around, but meanwhile London and our big cities have had to stand their pounding.’

  Synonyms

  bombardment, shelling, gunfire, artillery fire, barrage, battery, attack, pounding

  1. 1.1Rhythmical beating or throbbing.
     ‘all she could hear was the pounding of her heart’
     More example sentences

     • ‘The pounding in his head kept in time with the worry over his son, preventing him from drifting off again.’
     • ‘He listened for breathing, but he could hear nothing over the pounding of his heart.’
     • ‘I could hear nothing but the pounding of my protesting heart.’
     • ‘Darren stared up at the ceiling and waited for the pounding in his head to stop.’