pounding
Definitions
Noun
- Repeated heavy blows
- An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
- The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
Verb
- Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- Strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- Move heavily or clumsily
- Move rhythmically
- Partition off into compartments
- Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- Place or shut up in a pound
- Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "pounding".
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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1 | pounding | 2 | 6 |
2 | compounding | 3 | 1 |
3 | expounding | 3 | 1 |
4 | impounding | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "pounding".
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
---|---|---|---|
1 | planning | 2 | 129 |
2 | operating | 4 | 87 |
3 | painting | 2 | 59 |
4 | spending | 2 | 41 |
5 | parking | 2 | 31 |
6 | approaching | 3 | 27 |
7 | placing | 2 | 27 |
8 | pointing | 2 | 26 |
9 | pressing | 2 | 25 |
10 | preaching | 2 | 17 |
11 | spreading | 2 | 16 |
12 | pending | 2 | 14 |
13 | pleading | 2 | 12 |
14 | pleasing | 2 | 10 |
15 | panting | 2 | 9 |
16 | plumbing | 2 | 9 |
17 | pursuing | 3 | 9 |
18 | sporting | 2 | 9 |
19 | pumping | 2 | 8 |
20 | pricing | 2 | 7 |
21 | sprouting | 2 | 6 |
22 | probing | 2 | 5 |
23 | proving | 2 | 5 |
24 | sprawling | 2 | 5 |
25 | parting | 2 | 4 |
26 | plodding | 2 | 4 |
27 | piercing | 2 | 3 |
28 | splashing | 2 | 3 |
29 | splitting | 2 | 3 |
30 | applauding | 3 | 2 |
31 | parading | 3 | 2 |
32 | pelting | 2 | 2 |
33 | pinching | 2 | 2 |
34 | plotting | 2 | 2 |
35 | praising | 2 | 2 |
36 | priming | 2 | 2 |
37 | prowling | 2 | 2 |
38 | pulsing | 2 | 2 |
39 | punching | 2 | 2 |
40 | puttering | 3 | 2 |
41 | springing | 2 | 2 |
42 | appointing | 3 | 1 |
43 | appraising | 3 | 1 |
44 | approving | 3 | 1 |
45 | pasting | 2 | 1 |
46 | perusing | 3 | 1 |
47 | pickering | 3 | 1 |
48 | plucking | 2 | 1 |
49 | plugging | 2 | 1 |
50 | preening | 2 | 1 |
51 | prodding | 2 | 1 |
52 | propping | 2 | 1 |
53 | spalding | 2 | 1 |
54 | sparling | 2 | 1 |
55 | splicing | 2 | 1 |
56 | upcoming | 3 | 1 |
57 | uprising | 3 | 1 |
58 | upsetting | 3 | 1 |
59 | erpelding | 3 | 0 |
60 | oppressing | 3 | 0 |
61 | optioning | 3 | 0 |
62 | papering | 3 | 0 |
63 | paroling | 3 | 0 |
64 | parsing | 2 | 0 |
65 | paulding | 2 | 0 |
66 | peppering | 3 | 0 |
67 | perjuring | 3 | 0 |
68 | petering | 3 | 0 |
69 | pickling | 2 | 0 |
70 | pimping | 2 | 0 |
71 | pitying | 3 | 0 |
72 | plaguing | 2 | 0 |
73 | plaiting | 2 | 0 |
74 | plating | 2 | 0 |
75 | pledging | 2 | 0 |
76 | porting | 2 | 0 |
77 | posting | 2 | 0 |
78 | pouncing | 2 | 0 |
79 | powdering | 3 | 0 |
80 | prepping | 2 | 0 |
81 | proofing | 2 | 0 |
82 | pruning | 2 | 0 |
83 | pulping | 2 | 0 |
84 | purveying | 3 | 0 |
85 | spanking | 2 | 0 |
86 | sparking | 2 | 0 |
87 | spattering | 3 | 0 |
88 | spaulding | 2 | 0 |
89 | splurging | 2 | 0 |
90 | spraining | 2 | 0 |
91 | sprucing | 2 | 0 |
92 | sputtering | 3 | 0 |
93 | updating | 3 | 0 |
94 | uploading | 3 | 0 |
95 | uprooting | 3 | 0 |
96 | upsizing | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pounding".
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
---|---|---|---|
1 | founding | 2 | 16 |
2 | rounding | 2 | 5 |
3 | sounding | 2 | 3 |
4 | bounding | 2 | 2 |
5 | pondering | 3 | 2 |
6 | grounding | 2 | 2 |
7 | undoing | 3 | 2 |
8 | expounding | 3 | 1 |
9 | wounding | 2 | 1 |
10 | compounding | 3 | 1 |
11 | foundling | 2 | 1 |
12 | abounding | 3 | 1 |
13 | undying | 3 | 1 |
14 | impounding | 3 | 0 |
15 | pouncing | 2 | 0 |
16 | hounding | 2 | 0 |
17 | soundings | 2 | 0 |
18 | pudding | 2 | 0 |
19 | pruning | 2 | 0 |
20 | pouting | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "pounding" in a sentence.
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "pounding" in a sentence.
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "pounding" in the same piece of text.
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
---|---|---|---|
1 | attention | 3 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "pounding".
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 11
Fragments: 4
Sound Alikes: 96
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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