to pound
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2.6
- verb
- /paʊnd/
:
palpitar
- Dave staggered back into the door, his heart pounding, his mouth dry with fear.
- a pounding heart
- a pounding drum
Georgie's Nana, She has tendonitis and she gets a high ring in her ear and it pounds her head.
- Georgie's Nana, She has tendonitis and she gets a high ring in her ear and it pounds her head.
- But that also that huge stress response when we, you know, we feel it in our stomach, our heart is pounding.
- And so there was this sense where the moment my heart would pound and I saw, like, danger or I saw risk, I just trained myself to move hard and fast.
- Your, your heart is pounding you, your, you have blurry vision.
- I, I, it had my heart had not pounded out of like such fear in a while.
Examples
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Ben gripped his littlest brother's hand, his heart pounding with fear and hatred.
Academic text (2011) -
"Sometimes my heart pounds when I see a shadow under the water," she admits.
Academic text (2011) -
We're getting so close and my heart is pounding, but for very different reasons than yesterday.
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My heart was just pounding at 100 beats a minute, and I just...
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There are days where I can't even see straight tracking down a lead, my heart pounding out of my chest, my eyes burning from lack of sleep.
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Lori could feel Mark's heart pounding wildly as the soldier entered the loft.
Fiction book (1991) -
Damien breathed in its rich scents with relief, his heart pounding with newfound exhilaration.
Fiction book (1991) -
Every time I run up the hill, I can feel my heart pounding in my chest.
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After the intense workout, my heart was pounding and I struggled to catch my breath.
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As he waited for the results, he could feel his heart pounding with anticipation.
Synonyms
∞
1.2
To hit something or someone again and again, making a rhythm
10
3.5
To make strong regular beats you can feel in your chest
2
3.5
To make a heavy, dull sound when something hits or falls
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 Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb pound for a heart or drum comes from the idea of 'to hit hard', so when your heart pounds it beats hard and you can feel each strong beat.