POUNDING (DOWN) Synonyms: 29 Similar Words

pounding (down)

verb

present participle of pound (down)

as in sipping

to swallow in liquid form Friday nights were usually spent wolfing down pizza and pounding down beers

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Whether your plans include taking a swim in the pool or sipping your favorite iced beverage, there are still plenty more warm days ahead.

— Brittany VanDerBill, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2026
Think of biting into a chili lime mango slice dusted with Tajín or sipping a mangonada layered with chamoy.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

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For chemicals classified as possible human carcinogens, MCLGs are typically set at a level where drinking the water daily for 70 years would cause one additional cancer case per 1 million people above the background rate.

— Christine Kirchhoff, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Traditionally, mate is passed around a group, with friends and family members often drinking from the same bombilla.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

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For more than three decades now, the cafe has welcomed LGBTQ+ locals, travelers, and anyone else looking for a warm, welcoming place to have a rollicking good time, whether that means cheering on their favorite drag queen or knocking back drinks with a hot date.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
Return of the party crowd At Zuma, a stalwart venue of the usually busy lifestyle scene in the Dubai International Financial Centre, some of the party crowd are back, getting down to DJs and knocking back pricy cocktails.

— Melanie Swan, CNN Money, 1 June 2026

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