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Synonyms for pound

64 synonyms
6 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

hammer thump maul pulverize sink ram lumber

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Beat — to strike hard, usually repeatedly

beat, hammer, strike, crush, pulverize, pulverise UK, thump, bang, come down on, poke, lay into informal, blow, maul, knock, punch, slam, baste, crack, attack, smack, batter, wallop, powder

2. Smash — to penetrate sexually, with vigour

hit, smash, rock, jump, bonk, drill, nail, bop, plough, plug, get up in slang

3. Bolt — to eat or drink very quickly

down, bolt, chug

Other

cage, ram, lumber, sink, imprison, triturate rare

Noun

1. Hash sign — the symbol #

hash sign, hash, number sign US, sharp, hashtag

2. Quid — A base unit of currency in various currency systems. The base unit of sterling, the currency used in the…

quid informal, sov slang UK

3. Dog pound

dog pound US, kennel, animal shelter

Other

lb, impound US, hole, bulk, libra, lbf, hammering, pen, tumble, punt, co-op, imperial system

Definitions

v. 1
To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
v. 2
To eat or drink very quickly.
You really pounded that beer!
n. 1
A base unit of currency in various currency systems. The base unit of sterling, the currency used in the United Kingdom and some of its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
n. 2
The symbol #.
To be connected, press pound.

Related words

Word family: poundage pounder pound-foolish pounding
Phrases: pound sign pound sand pound shop pound the pavement pound sterling pink pound dog pound ten pound pom

Forms

Plural: pounds → hashes, sharps, hashtags, quids…
Past participle: pounded
e.g. pounded → beaten, hammered, striked, crushed…

Example sentences

hammer I hit the T.V. with a hammer and somehow fixed it.
thump Michael's heart started to thump in his chest.
maul Chimpanzees have been known to maul their owners.
sink The implications of this did not at first sink in.
ram The RAM in a computer is its random access memory.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
pound		falling
hammer		steady
thump		rising
maul		rising
pulverize		steady
sink		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters: lb¹
3 letters: hit¹, pen¹, ram¹, bop¹, sov, lbf
4 letters: down¹, beat¹, rock¹, jump¹, hole¹, blow¹, bang¹, nail¹, sink¹, bulk¹, plug¹, cage¹, slam¹, bolt¹
5 letters: sharp¹, crack¹, knock¹, punch¹, crush¹, smash¹, drill¹, smack¹, thump¹, libra², baste¹
6 letters: attack², strike¹, hammer², powder², batter², lumber², tumble², kennel², plough¹, wallop²
7 letters: hashtag², impound²
8 letters: imprison³
9 letters: hammering³, pulverize³, pulverise, triturate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (libra² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: piler
Español: moler
Català: picar