[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pound \pound\ pound, v. t. imp.  p. p. pounded; p. pr. 
   vb. n. pounding. oe. pounen, as. punian to bruise. cf.
   pun a play on words.
   1. to strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
      1913 webster

            with cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break
      into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy
      instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
      1913 webster
see also:
pounded pounding pun 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pounding \pound"ing\, n.
   1. the act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.
      1913 webster

   2. a pounded or pulverized substance. r. "covered with the
      poundings of these rocks." --j. s. blackie.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pounding
     n 1: repeated heavy blows syn: buffeting
     2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation of the heart; "he
        felt a throbbing in his head" syn: throb, throbbing
     3: the act of pounding delivering repeated heavy blows; "the
        sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the
        pounding of feet on the hallway" syn: hammer, pound,
        hammering
see also:
buffeting throb throbbing hammer pound hammering 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

64 moby thesaurus words for "pounding":
   abrasion, atomization, attrition, barrage, beat, beating,
   brecciation, clicking, comminution, crumbling, crushing, detrition,
   disintegration, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming,
   flutter, fluttering, fragmentation, granulation, granulization,
   grating, grinding, levigation, mashing, palpitant, palpitation,
   paradiddle, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, pound, powdering,
   pulsation, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo,
   roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, shredding, smashing, spatter,
   spattering, splutter, spluttering, sputter, sputtering, staccato,
   tat-tat, tattoo, throb, throbbing, thrum, thrumming, thumping,
   ticking, tom-tom, trituration

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