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pound - verb

  1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. Informal lambaste. Slang clobber. See attack. strike.
  2. To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows: beat, forge, hammer. See repetition. strike.
  3. To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements: beat, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, throb. See repetition. sounds.
  4. To fix (an idea, for example) in someone's mind by reemphasis and repetition: drill, drive, implant, impress, inculcate, instill. See teach.

pound - noun

  1. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: bang, blow, clout, crack, hit, lick, slug, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop. Informal bash, biff, bop, clip, wallop. Slang belt, conk, paste. See attack. strike.
  2. A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound: beat, clunk, thud, thump. See attack. sounds. strike.