poundingnoun [ C or S ]
uk/ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/us/ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/pounding noun [ C or S ] (DEFEAT)
a heavy attack or defeat:
The city received heavy poundings from the air every night last week.
More examples
- Robin's heart was pounding with excitement.
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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pounding noun [ C or S ] (SOUND)
a regular sound of something hitting something else or of a loud noise:
the pounding of his heart
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Describing qualities of sound
- (as) clear as a bell idiom
- background
- bass 1
- brassy
- consonance
- crackle
- creaky
- depth
- distortion
- easy
- grating
- harmonious
- low-pitched
- pitched
- plaintive
- pure
- sonorous
- squeaky
- squelch
- tune
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Idiom(s)
take/get a pounding