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pound
Synonyms and Antonyms of pound
- Give the nail a final pound with the hammer.
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, lash, lick, pelt, plump, poke, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)
counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke
body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut
cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO
battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing
pound
Synonyms and Antonyms of pound
- Stray dogs wearing tags are kept in that pound until their owners can be notified.
pound
Synonyms and Antonyms of pound
- pounding down the road as fast as he could run
- pounding nails into boards all day long
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough
bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp
bowl (down or over), cream, deck, fell, floor, knock down, level
cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip
hang one on
- During the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach.
assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on or upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on or upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp
blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap
beat up on
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