pounding

IPA: pˈaʊndɪŋ

An act in which something or someone is pounded.
An old-fashioned event to welcome someone (typically a new pastor) to a new community by bring gifts of storable food (a pound of coffee, flour, sugar, etc.) to help stock the pantry. It is somewhat similar to a “shower”.

Examples of "pounding" in Sentences

To-morrow morning you start in pounding the rust off of it.
He took a relentless pounding from the media and then from Palin.
There were times when my heart was literally pounding from the action.
TORONTO (AP) - The Maple Leafs withstood an early pounding from the Ottawa Senators and then pulled out a late victory.
Visitors to San Pablito quickly discover that the constant sound of pounding is a distinctive reminder of the village's main industry.
And we face a Taliban that, after eight years of pounding, is stronger than ever, and believes God is on its side and its victory is assured.
The outcome of this year's Derby put into perspective Josh Hamilton's feat in pounding out 28 first-round balls in the old Yankee Stadium last summer.
Zalamo speakers held a symbolic "grain pounding" ceremony in which grains of three colors were used: maize, millet, and rice — red, black, white — which symbolized blood, hair, and semen.
November 25th, 2009 12: 19 pm ET typical poloitican he wants votes. people like me in the construction industry have been taking a pounding from the illeales taking our jobs. i'm currentlty unemployed replaced by an illeagle just what we need another politician scking up to these law breakers