Pounding

/ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/

Synonyms for "pounding" (109 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Noun(12 words)

hammer hammering throbbing bangbang onbanging beat beating bludgeoning buffeting bumping clomping

abrasion ache atomization attrition barrage beat beating brecciation clicking comminution

Strong matches (33)

concussion crumbling crushing detrition disintegration drumdrum musicdrumbeat drumfire drumming flutter fluttering fragmentation granulation granulization grating grinding levigation mashing palpitant

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palpitation

Noun(10 words)

crush drumbeat drumming forceful grindhammer onhammerings knock lamming mortaring

Verb(2 words)

palpitated palpitating

Related words (54)

Noun(15 words)

palpitations pelting poundpound onpulsating pulse pummeling pummelling racing strike throb thudding thump thumping thundering

paradiddle patter pitapatpitter patterpitter-patter pound powdering pulsationrat-a-tatrat-tatrat-tat-tatrataplan rattattoo rollrub-a-dubruff ruffle shredding smashing spatter

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spattering splutter spluttering sputter sputtering staccato tat-tat tattoo thrashing throb throbbing thrum thrumming thumping tickingtom tomtom-tom trituration

Adjective(1 words)

percussive

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5 relation types

More general

20 entries

actionauditory phenomenonbeat blowbodily statebump forcefulness heartbeat impact knocking noisephysical actionphysical activityphysical processingphysiological responsepulsation

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More specific

19 entries

beatingdoor knockdrumbeatgarlic poundinggrain poundinghammering headache knock palpitationspounding drumspounding headachepounding heartpounding on doorpounding pulsepounding rainpounding surf

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Collocations

12 entries

pounding drumspounding headachepounding heartpounding metalpounding on doorspounding on the doorpounding pavementpounding rainpounding rhythmpounding soundpounding surfpounding the pavement

Inflections

5 entries

more poundingmost poundingpounded poundings pounds

Derivations

4 entries

pound pounded pounder pounds

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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