POUNDING


Meaning of POUNDING in English

/ ˈpaʊndɪŋ; NAmE / noun

1.

a very loud repeated noise, such as the sound of sth hitting sth else hard; the sound or the feeling of your heart beating strongly :

We were awoken by a pounding at the door.

There was a pounding in his head.

2.

an occasion when sth is hit hard or attacked and severely damaged

SYN battering :

The boat took a pounding in the gale.

( figurative )

The team took a pounding (= were badly defeated) .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.