Pounding

//ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ//

Synonyms for "pounding" (78 found)

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Closest matches (16)

throb abrasion ache atomization attrition barrage beat beating brecciation clicking comminution concussion crumbling crushing detrition

Noun(1 words)

buffeting

Strong matches (23)

disintegration drum drum music drumbeat drumfire drumming flutter fluttering fragmentation granulation granulization grating grinding hammer knock levigation mashing palpitant palpitation paradiddle

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patter

Noun(2 words)

hammer hammering

Related words (39)

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

beat blow bump heartbeat pulsation pulse

Synonyms

2 entries

hammer throb

derived

6 entries

ass pounding heart-pounding pounding block poundingly pulse-pounding pussy pounding

form of

1 entries

pound

is a

2 entries

bump material handling

related to

2 entries

pound throb

Translations

1 translations across 1 languages.

Esperanto

1 entries

frapado noun (act in which something is pounded)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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With her heart pounding, she opened the door.

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His heart was pounding as he told me that.

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When I was a child I would get so excited the night before a school excursion that my heart would be pounding and I couldn't sleep.

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My heart was pounding as my turn got nearer.

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