pound (down)

verb

Definition of pound (down)next
as in to sip
to swallow in liquid form Friday nights were usually spent wolfing down pizza and pounding down beers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pound (down)
  1. sip
  2. drink
  3. gulp
Verb
  • As tea was poured, blown on, then sipped, gingerly.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Here, guests can dine at the Cantina Restaurant for brunch and sip cocktails at the adjacent Le Club Bacan.
    Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of sip
Verb
  • Two blocks away, people drank at a bar, seemingly as if nothing happened.
    ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Between dinner parties, cookie exchanges and festive cocktails, most people report eating and drinking more than usual during the holidays, gaining on average 1 to 2 pounds of body weight.
    Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of drink
Verb
  • As stock, a snakehead of an air intake protrudes from the right side of the motor, ready to gulp down oxygen for use in the Milwaukee-Eight’s twin furnaces.
    William Roberson, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • For each correct answer, gulp a nip of Dr. McGillicuddy’s Wild Grape.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 July 2024
Definition of gulp
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