to pound
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1.3
- verb
- /paʊnd/
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golpear
- During the storm, the waves pounded relentlessly against the rocky shore.
- pound on the door
- pound the table
- pound a nail
So your house, you're in Vegas, you get pounded by the sun on your roof, right?
- So your house, you're in Vegas, you get pounded by the sun on your roof, right?
- You want to yell at them, you want to pound your fists on the table.
- I mean pack up your beauty blender and pound the powder, you know, you know.
- And you're only able to do that if you're consistently pounding at it.
- It's easy when you're in a state that has no real immigration issues to pound your chest for immigration.
- When the woman have pounded the butter, she brought this for me.
- What the and the male turkeys immediately took to pound down on it.
Examples
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Tim looked over at Lex, who was standing and pounding her fist into her glove.
Fiction book (1990) -
You put your meat in a zip lock bag like I have here and then you pound it gently.
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We're going to pound the pavement to get this back in the bill.
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Why are they pounding their hands together like that?
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His mother was pounding rice, and the father sat relaxing, just home from the harvest.
Academic text (2008) -
With an ink-pad stamp, Kafka pounds the date onto a succession of documents.
Fiction book (1991) -
A tall, gaunt man in a knit cap is obsessively pounding nails into a new coop.
Fiction book (1991) -
The chef took the tenderizing hammer and began to pound the meat until it was flat.
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As the drummer played, he pounded the drums with incredible energy, filling the room with sound.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To strike someone or something with force
∞
1.2
To hit something or someone again and again, making a rhythm
455
1.4
To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist
323
2.3
To close or hit something with great force and make a loud noise
318
1.0
To hit or close something suddenly and loudly
250
5.5
To hit someone or something hard so it makes a loud sound
164
3.5
To hit someone or something with an open hand
57
3.2
To hit something or someone hard and repeatedly
46
6.7
Hit something many times, usually with your fists
27
3.4
To hit something hard so it makes a dull sound
23
8.8
To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club
19
7.7
To hit someone or something very hard many times
10
4.6
To hit someone or something very hard, often with the fist
1
6.1
To hit someone quickly in a light, playful way
1
9.9
To hit someone or something hard
1
8.1
To hit something or someone hard and make a loud sound
1
6.3
To hit something hard so it moves or gets damaged
1
8.3
To hit something so it makes a dull, heavy sound
To hit something hard so it makes a loud sound
To hit something so it makes a dull thumping sound
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
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
4
8.1
A very powerful person or company that others cannot easily challenge
A unit of money used in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland equal to 100 pence
- Archaic
An old unit of weight used for medicines equal to 12 ounces, about 373 grams
- Specialized
A large net that guides fish into an enclosed area where they cannot escape
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb pound meaning 'to hit again and again' grew from the idea of using heavy force, like a blacksmith who pounds metal, so to pound something is to strike it hard and often.