pounding

Other forms of pounding

plural

poundings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pounding

What does pounding mean?

pounding means "repeated heavy blows". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pounding?

pounding has 2 syllables: poun-ding. The stress falls on "poun". In IPA it is /ˈpaʊndɪŋ/.

What is another word for pounding?

Close synonyms include buffeting, throb, throbbing, hammer, pound. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pounding a common word?

pounding is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pounding?

2 words rhyme with pounding. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.