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Meanings of pounding in English

Catalan
martell
Wikidata

The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

        martell
        Catalan
        palpitació

        An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

              palpitació

              Repeated heavy blows.

                    Usage of pounding in English
                    1
                    The thought, so unexpected and yet so natural, set her heart pounding.
                    Celtic fire
                    2
                    At last he could deny the pounding need within him no longer.
                    Embrace the darkness
                    3
                    If you use it, you won't achieve really spectacular, ground-pounding combo attacks.
                    Wired
                    4
                    Certainly he must be able to feel it pounding, pressing so close.
                    A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
                    5
                    Stock markets have taken a pounding since coronavirus swept across the world.
                    The Irish Times
                    6
                    The effort of tearing open the poly wrapper set my heart pounding.
                    Anathem
                    7
                    His heart was pounding in his chest like a great caged animal.
                    The passage
                    8
                    Then the regular pounding of the wheels on the rails recalled him.
                    Quin
                    9
                    We could hear him pounding away at the piano in the saloon.
                    The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
                    10
                    Lake's heart was still pounding as she reached the small conference room.
                    Hush: a novel
                    11
                    She felt her heart pounding, and put her hand to her breast.
                    Beyond the Reef
                    12
                    Residents said army helicopter gunships were pounding militants positions in the hills.
                    Reuters
                    13
                    But other east European and African equity markets also took a pounding.
                    The Irish Times
                    14
                    Their frightening war cries rose above the pounding of the horses' hooves.
                    Quest for honour
                    15
                    That would explain why he still had not come despite her pounding.
                    The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai...
                    16
                    From below the fall of the cliff came the pounding of surf.
                    The Mystery
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                    Translations for pounding
                    Pounding through the time
                    Pounding across language varieties
                    Canada
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    Australia
                    Less common
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