pounding

adjective

1. Causing heavy or loud throbs

- I have a pounding headache.

noun

1. repeated heavy blows

Similar word(s): buffeting

Definition categories: event, blow, bump

2. an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

Similar word(s): throb, throbbing

Definition categories: event, beat, heartbeat, pulsation, pulse

3. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

- the pounding of feet on the hallway

Similar word(s): hammer, hammering, pound

Definition categories: act, blow

verb

1. present participle of pound