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pounding

/ˈpaʊn.dɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Characterized by heavy or loud throbs. · pounding rain· I have a pounding headache.
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So they set to work in one of the big yellow rooms of the castle and worked for three days and four nights, hammering and twisting and bending and soldering and polishing and pounding at the legs and body and head of the Tin Woodman, until at last he was straightened out into his old form, and his joints worked as well as ever.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 92 · B2
On the floor they were pounding half a dozen stocks in which Maxwell’s customers were heavy investors.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 19 · C1

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