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the rhythm your heart steals from a song that hasn't been written yet
means Striking something repeatedly with heavy blows, or throbbing with a strong, insistent beat — as a heart, headache, or set of fists might do.
from From Old English 'pūnian,' meaning to beat, bruise, or crush, the same verb that gives us 'pound' the action (distinct from 'pound' the weight, which traces to Latin 'pondo'). The intrusive 'd' on the end crept in during the Middle English period, the way it did in 'sound' and 'gown' — a wandering consonant English keeps acquiring. So a pestle pounding spice and a heart pounding in your chest share one ancient root: the simple, physical act of striking again and again.
- heart rate
- resting heart beats roughly 100,000 times daily
- hangover hammer
- dehydration shrinks brain tissue, tugging pain-sensing membranes
- tenderizing
- pounding meat breaks tough collagen into chewable submission
- bell origin
- church bells made by pounding molten bronze for centuries
- adrenaline
- fear floods the chest before the brain catches up
heart pounding — physiological response where heart rate exceeds 100 bpm during exercise or fear
pounding surf at pipeline — oahu, hawaii break producing waves that pound 12-20 feet with intense power
pile driver pounding — construction equipment hammering pilings into ground at rates of 10-60 blows per minute