Definitions for pounding
pound·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pounding, buffetingnoun

   repeated heavy blows

2. throb, throbbing, poundingnoun

   an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

   "he felt a throbbing in his head"

3. hammer, pound, hammering, poundingnoun

   the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

   "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. poundingnoun

   An act in which something or someone is pounded

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1. Pounding

   Pounding is a ritual in Christianity in which a new priest or minister is given gifts by members of the congregation of that church at which he is assigned to preach. The practice can be traced back to at least the 19th century, when communicants of a church visited the parsonage and dropped off a pound of an item, such as "coffee, sugar, flour or honey." When dropping off items to help the new clergyman out, congregants would spend time with him, also getting to know his family in cases of Christian denominations that permit married clerics. The practice of pounding takes place across Christendom, in the countries of Africa as well as those of North America. It is done throughout many Christian denominations, including the Methodist, United Brethren, and Quaker traditions, among others.

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1. Pounding

   of Pound

2. Poundingnoun

   the act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating

3. Poundingnoun

   a pounded or pulverized substance

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pounding in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pounding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of pounding in a Sentence

1. Cliff Lanham:

   I'm looking forward to when those solids light on Monday and you feel that pounding in the chest, the roar of the engines, a lot of people have put in a tremendous amount of work to get us here, and it's going to be an exciting day for us.

2. Derek Ochiai:

   Pain tells you you’re injuring something, instead of pounding a treadmill for 90 minutes through severe shin pain, (and) bench pressing with intense shoulder pain, stop. Rest it. Then go back at a lighter level.

3. Zach Harting:

   I could n’t sleep last night, woke up before my alarm, heart pounding out of my chest, crazy adrenaline, i wanted to puke all through warm-up, still kind of want to do that. I do n’t think I really handled it well, but I knew I was going to win so that kind of gave me a little bit of peace.

4. Necati Catbas:

   Once there is' no' support at the bottom floors or foundation, the top floors start pounding on the from top to bottom in progressive manner.

5. Maureen Nemetski:

   I drilled a hole into her shin bone and placed an intraosseous line -- a bone catheter -- so that we could inject platelets and medications into her blood through her bone marrow. I can not imagine her parents' horror on hearing the crack of the drill bit into their baby's leg, we took turns pounding on this baby's chest and trying to pump air into lungs that had filled with blood.

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