pound
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4.7
- noun
- /paʊnd/
- Afterwards, we all sit down in excellent spirits and pound on the tables, clamoring for our midday meal.
- ground-and-pound
Examples
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"Let me in there, or I'll break the door down!" Pound-pound-pound against heavy wood.
Fiction book (1991) -
EREWHON PRISON - ARCHER'S CELL: Fists bloody, voice hoarse, Archer pounds at the cell door.
Fiction book (1997) -
The construction workers used a heavy mallet to pound the wooden stakes into the ground.
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He wanted to pound the dough until it was perfectly smooth and elastic.
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After the storm, the waves began to pound the shore relentlessly.
Synonyms
282
2.0
A strong hit from a fist or weapon
120
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
82
1.0
A heavy repeated blow that hits something hard
47
1.0
An act of striking something with force, often with a hand or object
24
2.9
A series of strong, repeated hits or beats
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1.0
A hard blow that can cause pain or damage
16
6.3
A hard hit that strikes someone with the fist
14
2.8
A series of hard hits against something, often loud and strong
4
3.0
A very hard hit in sport, like in tennis
4
8.8
A very hard hit with the fist
3
4.6
A quick hard hit with an open hand that makes a sharp sound
3
6.7
A very hard blow that hurts someone
1
7.0
Strong repeated hitting that makes things move, often by wind or waves
1
6.9
A hard hit made with the fist
1
9.9
A hard hit that makes a loud sound
1
4.8
Hitting someone or something very hard, often with a fist
1
9.3
A hard hit with the fist, often in a fight
1
9.9
A sudden strong hit that hurts someone or something
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
7.7
When you start something risky or difficult, you continue and do it fully
Stopping a problem early is better than fixing it later
Compounds
- Informal
5
8.1
A very powerful person or company that others cannot easily challenge
1
2.7
A unit of money used in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland equal to 100 pence
- Specialized
1
8.3
A large net that guides fish into an enclosed area where they cannot escape
- Archaic
An old unit of weight used for medicines equal to 12 ounces, about 373 grams
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pound meaning a heavy, repeated strike comes from the verb pound, which meant 'to hit hard', so the sound of a 'pound' is the noise of strong hitting like drums or footsteps.