pounding

3 definitions • 5 examples

a heavy attack or defeat:

The city received heavy poundings from the air every night last week.

a regular sound of something hitting something else or of a loud noise:

the pounding of his heart

the sound, feeling, or action of something beating repeatedly:

[ U ] The pounding in her chest was loud.

[ U ] All that pounding from running really isn’t good for your knees.

[ C ] fig. The dollar’s going to take a pounding (= its value will be damaged).