What is the meaning of pounding?

noun

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

verb

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