pounding
pown ding
- n repeated heavy blows
- n an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
- n the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
the pounding of feet on the hallway - v hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- v strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- v move heavily or clumsily
- v move rhythmically
- v partition off into compartments
- v shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- v place or shut up in a pound
- v break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- Hundreds of local extras--many of whom have never seen a movie, let alone acted in one--are pounding fake limestone to build a temple used for human sacrifices.
- Each pounding seemed to bring one or two Germans out to surrender.
- Told with ruthless psychological realism, in fugal, overlapping plotlines and gorgeous, cinematic panels rich with repeating motifs, Watchmen is a heart-pounding, heartbreaking read .