pound out

verb

pounded out; pounding out; pounds out

1

: to make or produce (something) quickly especially by pounding (such as on a keyboard)

Every week he pounds out another column for the newspaper.

2

: to play (a song, melody, etc.) loudly on a musical instrument especially by pounding (such as on a piano)

The band's lead singer was pounding out a tune on the piano.

Examples of pound out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His son lives next door under a tin roof, pounded out by the tropical rain. — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Now get to the nearest coffee shop and pound out eighty thousand words so that a friend-of-a-friend literary agent can tell you to rewrite the whole thing with more gay hockey. — Emily Winter, New Yorker, 23 June 2026

The Royals pounded out 17 hits in the victory. — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026

San Diego pounded out 14 hits, but went 4 for 14 with runners in scoring position and left 10 runners on base. — ABC News, 17 June 2026

Rhymes for pound out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout