Synonyms for pounding

Most common

throbbing · throb · hammer · hammering · buffeting

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   An act in which something or someone is pounded.

2. n. 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”.

Related words

Phrases

pounding block

Forms

Plural

poundings → throbbings, throbs, hammerings, hammers…

Example sentences

• throbbing The throbbing bass was making the floor vibrate.
• throb The bright light makes my head throb.
• hammer I hit the T.V. with a hammer and somehow fixed it.
• hammering "What's the weather like?" "It's hammering down."
• buffeting "I can't hear you! The wind is buffeting my ears!" "What?"

Popularity over time

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

By length

5 letters

throb¹

6 letters

hammer²

9 letters

hammering³, throbbing², buffeting³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hammer² = 2 syllables).