# pounding

Pronunciation: say "POWN-ding" /ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/

## Noun

1. An act of striking or beating something or someone forcefully and repeatedly.
   - Simple: A hard, repeated hitting of something or someone.
   - _The fortress walls could not withstand the relentless pounding from the cannons._
   - _Her car's suspension took a pounding on the rough mountain road._
4. An old-fashioned welcome event at which guests bring gifts of storable food, such as flour, sugar, or coffee, to help a newcomer (often a new pastor) stock the pantry.
   - Simple: A get-together where people bring gifts of food to welcome a new neighbor or pastor.
   - _When the young minister arrived, the congregation threw a pounding to fill his shelves with flour and sugar._
   - _Her grandmother still remembered the pounding the village held for every new family._

## Adjective

2. Marked by heavy or loud throbbing beats.
   - Simple: Making heavy, loud beats, like a racing heart.
   - _A pounding rain hammered the rooftops through the night._
   - _His pounding pulse betrayed how nervous he really was._

## Verb

3. Present participle and gerund of pound. — present participle and gerund of pound
   - Simple: Present participle of pound. Use this form for an action happening right now.
   - _The waves were pounding against the rocks all night._
   - _Pounding the spices into a paste takes patience._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pounding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).