Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pounding

/ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables: pound-ing
IPA: /ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pound

noun

An act in which something or someone is pounded.

noun

An old-fashioned event to welcome someone (typically a new pastor) to a new community by bring gifts of storable food (a pound of coffee, flour, sugar, etc.) to help stock the pantry. It is somewhat similar to a “shower”.

adj

Characterized by heavy or loud throbs.

Example Sentences

"“I took a few poundings in the past.”"
"pounding rain"
"I have a pounding headache."

Inflected Forms

poundings (plural) more pounding (comparative) most pounding (superlative)

Derived Forms

poundingly

Phrases

ass pounding heart-pounding pounding block pulse-pounding pussy pounding

Synonyms

hammer pound hammering throb throbbing buffeting

Rhymes With

surrounding founding sounding astounding rounding grounding compounding resounding rebounding confounding bounding hounding

Questions

How do you pronounce pounding?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/.
What does pounding mean?: present participle and gerund of pound

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