Pounding
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An act in which something or someone is pounded
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
Example sentence: When I walk down the street in New York, I swear to God, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will yell, 'Hey, you hockey puck!'
Hammer
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.To emphasize a point repeatedly.To hit particularly hard.To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.The malleus.In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.The last rock in an end.A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
Example sentence: You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.