pounded

2 definitions • 5 examples

past simple and past participle of

to hit or beat repeatedly with a lot of force, or to crush something by hitting it repeatedly:

I could feel my heart pounding as I went on stage to collect the prize.

Nearly 50 people are still missing after the storm pounded the coast.

be pounded to The city was pounded to rubble during the war.

pound on He pounded on the door demanding to be let in.

pound away She was pounding away on her typewriter until four in the morning.