- pound
- Iv1. beat, batter, pommel, pelt, lay on, Sl. paste, Archaic. belabor; cudgel, bludgeon, baste, bastinado, cane, club, hammer, fustigate; maul, manhandle, rough up, Inf. give it to, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, Sl. give [s.o.] the works, Sl. work [s.o.] over, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. lay into [s.o.].2. pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate, bray, grind or reduce to powder or dust; smash, mash, crush, smash or crush to bits, Sl. smash or crush into smithereens.3. beat, throb, palpitate, pulse, go pitapat; drum, thrum, beat a tattoo.n4. stroke, blow, bastinado, Scot. dunt, Scot, and North Eng. paik, punch, Inf. whomp, Inf. wallop, U.S. Sl. biff, Sl. bop; buffet, hit, strike, cuff, thwack, smack, Inf. whack, Inf. clout, Sl. conk, Sl. bash.IIn1. pound avoirdupois, lb., lb. av.; pound troy, lb. t.2. pound sterling, Brit. Si. quid; pound Scots; Irish pound.IIIn1. kennel, doghouse, dog pound; confine, pen, yard, corral, kraal.2. jail, lockup, Inf. clink, U.S. Inf. calaboose, Brit. Inf. bridewell; guardhouse, guardroom, U.S. brig; All Sl. can, cooler, coop, jug, hoosegow, boobyhatch, pokey, Brit. choky, Brit. quod
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.