pounded

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of pound.

   The waves pounded the rocky shore throughout the storm.

   The blacksmith pounded the glowing metal into a curved blade.

   Note

   One regular -ed form serves as both past tense and participle: the surf pounded the pier; the pier had been pounded all night. Because pound carries several verbs, this form carries them all. It can mean struck repeatedly, crushed to powder, or shut in a pound. In slang it can also mean a drink downed fast or a pitcher who pounded the inside corner. The object usually tells you which.

2. 2
   adjective

   Reduced, flattened, or shaped by repeated heavy blows; crushed or beaten.

   The marinade was thick with pounded ginger and fresh chilies.

   Pounded metal sheets formed the rippled surface of the old shield.

   Similarcrushed, ground, beaten, hammered, mashed

3. 3
   adjectiveslang

   Heavily intoxicated by alcohol; very drunk.

   She was so pounded she could barely find her way to the door.

   Half the wedding guests were pounded before the toasts even started.

   Similardrunk, hammered, wasted, plastered, smashed

   Oppositesober

   Note

   A word for casual talk only: among friends it lands as colorful, but in writing or at work it reads as crude. It sits beside the slang verb pound, to drink something very quickly, so someone who pounded beers may end up pounded. It usually follows be or get (she got pounded), and as an adjective it can be graded with more and most.

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