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pound 1 of 3

noun (1)

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as in thump

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

give the nail a final pound with the hammer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thump
• blow
• punch
• hit
• thud
• knock
• slap
• whack
• lick
• swipe
• stroke
• smack
• beat
• bang
• poke
• spank
• slam
• chop
• clip
• pounding
• hook
• slug
• kick
• pelt
• plump
• smash
• box
• clap
• crack
• switch
• pick
• lash
• sock
• bat
• belt
• bop
• fillip
• wallop
• licking
• swat
• wham
• cuff
• bust
• whop
• buffet
• thwack
• beating
• bash
• knee
• haymaker
• biff
• stripe
• rap
• hand
• hack
• dab
• clout
• stinger
• swing
• welt
• douse
• whap
• left
• larrup
• counter
• hammering
• battering
• right
• body blow
• counterstroke
• pummeling
• whip
• cruncher
• thrashing
• counterpunch
• whipping
• bludgeoning
• shiver
• roundhouse
• rabbit punch
• walloping
• flogging
• drubbing
• sucker punch
• knockout
• knockdown
• uppercut
• counterblow
• sidewinder
• pummelling
• bastinado
• one-two
• clobbering
• pasting
• cudgelling
• kayo
• cudgeling
• lambasting
• bastinade
• KO
• right-hander

pound

2 of 3

noun (2)

as in cage

an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals

stray dogs wearing tags are kept in that pound until their owners can be notified

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cage
• coop
• pen
• kennel
• corral
• hutch
• fold
• run
• cote
• fence
• stockade
• aquarium
• dovecote
• pigpen
• henhouse
• kraal
• live-box
• dovecot
• sheepfold
• terrarium

pound

3 of 3

verb

1

as in to stomp

to move heavily or clumsily

pounding down the road as fast as he could run

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stomp
• shuffle
• stumble
• lump
• haul
• lumber
• barge
• clump
• stamp
• flounder
• drag
• slough
• stump
• galumph
• tramp
• trudge
• lurch
• scuff
• scuffle
• flog
• weave
• shamble
• plod
• slog
• stagger
• sway
• reel
• tromp
• flop
• waddle
• wobble
• totter
• blunder
• dodder
• wabble
• teeter
• careen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coast
• slide
• breeze
• float
• glide
• drift
• hang
• whisk
• waltz
• hover
• waft
• poise

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• coast
• slide
• breeze
• float
• glide
• drift
• hang
• whisk
• waltz
• hover
• waft
• poise

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2

as in to punch

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

pounding nails into boards all day long

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punch
• hit
• knock
• slap
• bang
• smack
• slam
• whack
• clip
• clap
• strike
• crack
• hammer
• bat
• box
• swipe
• thump
• slug
• kick
• lick
• nail
• bob
• bludgeon
• chop
• shove
• clock
• tag
• wallop
• bash
• whale
• bop
• sock
• push
• tap
• bonk
• poke
• thwack
• jab
• paste
• zap
• bust
• belt
• clout
• rap
• swat
• flick
• bump
• maul
• stab
• biff
• stroke
• slog
• clobber
• beat
• smite
• pelt
• batter
• butt
• pepper
• rough
• bung
• dump
• pummel
• stamp
• hang one on
• mangle
• buffet
• fell
• cuff
• cream
• floor
• sledgehammer
• knee
• slash
• spear
• lash
• lace
• bean
• scuff
• sledge
• whip
• level
• skull
• cane
• pommel
• drub
• deck
• brain
• jostle
• club
• cudgel
• switch
• conk
• bunt
• flog
• flail
• sap
• knock down
• prod
• thrash
• sucker punch
• lambaste
• lambast
• bowl (down or over)
• rabbit-punch

3

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly

during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lick
• pelt
• thump
• lash
• beat
• whip
• batter
• hide
• punch
• knock
• hit
• maul
• do
• slap
• smash
• attack
• hammer
• bat
• chop
• assault
• box
• spank
• pummel
• slam
• bludgeon
• curry
• tan
• wallop
• smack
• whale
• whack
• club
• slate
• paddle
• birch
• punch out
• bash
• work over
• raid
• switch
• flog
• buffet
• thrash
• belt
• swipe
• thresh
• lace
• storm
• wound
• baste
• lather
• slog
• crack
• pommel
• fib
• bung up
• whop
• drub
• tromp
• whup
• whap
• beat up on
• rush
• belabor
• sock
• strap
• paste
• cudgel
• lambaste
• swat
• wham
• cane
• thwack
• lay on
• lambast
• cuff
• bust
• rough (up)
• clout
• leather
• pounce (on or upon)
• lam
• whomp
• mess (up)
• scourge
• assail
• clobber
• descend (on or upon)
• blackjack
• rawhide
• cowhide
• lacerate
• jump (on)
• maim
• gore
• mutilate
• mangle
• flagellate
• beset
• fustigate
• horsewhip
• pistol-whip

4

as in to draw

to shape with a hammer

pounding out a depression in the metal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• draw
• hammer
• forge
• carve
• beat
• fashion
• cut
• stamp
• pat
• mold
• chase
• work
• coin
• form
• model
• mint
• planish
• chisel
• sculpt
• sculpture
• knead
• hew
• grave
• knap
• boast
• abate

5

as in to grind

to reduce to fine particles

the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grind
• crush
• beat
• mill
• powder
• pulverize
• smash
• disintegrate
• bray
• comminute
• grate
• crumble
• break
• mull
• crunch
• kibble
• atomize
• fracture
• shatter
• fragment
• dash
• bust
• splinter
• micronize

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