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pounder

¹

[ poun-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that pounds, pound, pulverizes, or beats.

pounder

²

[ poun-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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 /

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

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

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