Noun

• S: (n) pounding, buffeting (repeated heavy blows)
• S: (n) throb, throbbing, pounding (an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)) "he felt a throbbing in his head"
• S: (n) hammer, pound, hammering, pounding (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)) "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

Verb

• S: (v) thump, pound, poke (hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument) "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
• S: (v) ram, ram down, pound (strike or drive against with a heavy impact) "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
• S: (v) lumber, pound (move heavily or clumsily) "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
• S: (v) beat, pound, thump (move rhythmically) "Her heart was beating fast"
• S: (v) pound, pound off (partition off into compartments) "The locks pound the water of the canal"
• S: (v) pound, pound up (shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits) "The prisoners are safely pounded"
• S: (v) impound, pound (place or shut up in a pound) "pound the cows so they don't stray"
• S: (v) pound (break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle) "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"