pounding (n.)

• abrasion
• atomization
• attrition
• barrage
• beat
• beating
• crushing
• detrition
• disintegration
• drum
• drumbeat
• drumfire
• drumming
• flutter
• fluttering
• fragmentation
• granulation
• grating
• grinding
• mashing
• palpitation
• paradiddle
• patter
• pitter-patter
• pound
• pulsation
• rat-a-tat
• rat-tat
• rataplan
• roll
• rub-a-dub
• ruff
• ruffle
• smashing
• spatter
• spattering
• splutter
• sputter
• sputtering
• tat-tat
• tattoo
• throb
• throbbing
• thrum
• thumping
• ticking
• tom-tom