to hit sth/sb hard many times, especially in a way that makes a lot of noise
I could feel my heart pounding as I went on stage to collect the prize.
Nearly 50 people are still missing after the storm pounded the coast.
- be pounded to
The city was pounded to rubble during the war.
- pound on
He pounded on the door demanding to be let in.
- pound away
She was pounding away on her typewriter until four in the morning.