POUNDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pounding mean? 

• POUNDING (noun)
  The noun POUNDING has 3 senses:

1. repeated heavy blows

2. an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

3. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

  Familiarity information: POUNDING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POUNDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Repeated heavy blows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

buffeting; pounding

Hypernyms ("pounding" is a kind of...):

blow; bump (an impact (as from a collision))

Sense 2

Meaning:

An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

pounding; throb; throbbing

Context example:

he felt a throbbing in his head

Hypernyms ("pounding" is a kind of...):

beat; heartbeat; pulsation; pulse (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart)

Derivation:

pound (move rhythmically)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hammer; hammering; pound; pounding

Context example:

the pounding of feet on the hallway

Hypernyms ("pounding" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Derivation:

pound (hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument)

 Context examples 

He worked more carefully, striving to be cool, though his heart was pounding against his chest and his hands were trembling.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He was half drowned, and Hans and Pete threw themselves upon him, pounding the breath into him and the water out of him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"Good! Good!" cried Jo, pounding with the handle of the old warming pan on which she leaned.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Your hunter’s decided to stay aboard awhile and doesn’t want it pounding alongside.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He could scarcely breathe, and his heart was pounding the blood up into his throat and suffocating him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Pheochromocytomas are usually benign (not cancer) but can cause high blood pressure, pounding headaches, heart palpitations, flushing of the face, nausea, and vomiting.

(Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, NCI Dictionary)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient complain of butterflies in his/her stomach, or of racing or pounding of the heart in association with nervousness?

(NPI - Complain of Butterflies, Racing or Pounding Heart, NCI Thesaurus)

High levels cause high blood pressure which can lead to headaches, sweating, pounding of the heart, pain in the chest, and anxiety.

(Catecholamine, NCI Dictionary)

The dog-musher wore a moustache, but the other, a taller and younger man, was smooth- shaven, his skin rosy from the pounding of his blood and the running in the frosty air.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

This morning, as I was sitting on the edge of my bed cudgelling my brains, I heard without a cracking of whips and pounding and scraping of horses' feet up the rocky path beyond the courtyard.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)