pounding
adj1
Characterized by heavy or loud throbs.
- pounding rain
- I have a pounding headache.
- Derived terms
- poundingly
pounding
noun/ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/
1
An act in which something or someone is pounded.
- “I took a few poundings in the past.”2008 January 21, Robin Pogrebin, “Undaunted Director at Indian Museum”, in New York Times:
2
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”.
- Derived terms
- ass pounding, heart-pounding, pounding block, pulse-pounding, pussy pounding