pounds
Thumps without stopping
Pounds is the plural of pound, a unit of weight equal to sixteen ounces, or the basic monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
Someone pounds on a door by striking it repeatedly and heavily: He pounded on the table.
Your heart pounds when it beats hard and fast.
To pound something out is to produce it with effort: She pounded out three chapters that night.
Measure of relative size
weigh-in · heft · load · tonnage · stone · measurement · balance · heavy
British pound, informally
- penceBritish currency units
- shillingsTwelve-pence coins
- guineasFormer British gold currency
- sovereignsSupreme rulers of nations
bob · fiver · tenner · Bank of England · crown · florin · sixpence · tuppence
Paper currency notes
- coinsMetal money units
- cashReady spending funds
- walletSmall case for currency
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
transaction · payment · savings · budget · expenditure · funds · deposit · withdrawal
23rd Greek letter
- atmospheresGaseous layers surrounding celestial bodies
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- forceStrength or compulsion
- gaugeStandard of measurement
hydraulics · pneumatics · torque · stress · tension · square inch · bar · measurement
scale
Measure of relative size
ounces · weigh-in · heft · load · tonnage · stone · measurement · balance · heavy · light
quid
British pound, informally
sovereigns · bob · fiver · tenner · Bank of England · crown · florin · sixpence · tuppence · farthing
banknotes
Paper currency notes
exchange · transaction · payment · savings · budget · expenditure · funds · deposit · withdrawal · value
psi
23rd Greek letter
- atmospheresGaseous layers surrounding celestial bodies
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- forceStrength or compulsion
gauge · hydraulics · pneumatics · torque · stress · tension · square inch · bar · measurement · vacuum
hammering
Striking repeatedly with force
battering · pummeling · fists · knocking · banging · drumming · walloping · clobbering · rain · surf
- measurementscales, gauging, balance, metering, gram
- weighingscales, scale, weight, mass, grams
- weightkilogram, kilograms, gram, grams, ounce
- weight lossdieting, diet, diet pill, exercise program, weight loss
- Food Weightsgrams, ounces, kilograms, net weight, milligrams
- colonial moneypaper money, paper currency, Spanish dollar, piece of eight, pieces of eight
poundskilograms
Metric mass units
kilos · grams · metric units · tonnes · metric tons
- dog poundFacility for stray canines
- pound cakeDense buttery loaf dessert
- pounding heartRapid forceful cardiac rhythm
- heart poundingIntense cardiac sensation
- pound signSymbol for number
- pound sandRude dismissal phrase
pound, compound, pounding, pounded, impound, compounded, compounding, pounder, poundage