pounder

[ poun-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

pounder

[ poun-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

a person or thing having or associated with a weight or value of a pound or a specified number of pounds pound (often used in combination):
He caught only one fish, but it was an eight-pounder.
a gun that discharges a missile of a specified weight in pounds: pound:
a ten-pounder.

-pounder

/ ˈpaʊndə /

something weighing a specified number of pounds
a 200-pounder
something worth a specified number of pounds
a ten-pounder
a gun that discharges a shell weighing a specified number of pounds
a two-pounder

Origin of pounder¹

before 1050; Old English pūnere pestle (not found in ME); pound ¹, -er ¹

Origin of pounder²

First recorded in 1635–45; pound ² + -er ¹

It is a good-sized quarter pounder of pearly meat spiced and rolled in Japanese breadcrumbs, then pan-fried to a crisp.

Never a renegade or table-pounder, he pushed for incremental change through quiet persuasion.

A hundred-pounder gun was being fired from the ship's side right over his head.

On trains, busses, and Pullmans he pays the same adult fare as the two-hundred-pounder across the aisle.

I used to wade out to where the turtles were, and on catching a big six-hundred-pounder, I would calmly sit astride on his back.

"Hadn't oughter named sich a clumsy pounder as that 'Abraham Lincoln,'" he mused.

They only returned to the shore after a four-pounder had been fired over their heads.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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