Pound the crackers up into crumbs and use them to coat the chicken before you fry it.
•Pound up the crackers and put the crumbs in a jar.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pound something out — 1. tv. to play something loudly on the piano, perhaps with difficulty. □ Here, pound this one out. A little softer, please. CD She was pounding out a nice little tune. 2. tv. to type something on a typewriter. □ I have finished writing it. Can I… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
pound something out — type something with heavy keystrokes an old typewriter on which she pounded out her poems ■ produce music by striking an instrument heavily and repeatedly the women pounded out a ringing tattoo on several oil drums * * * ˌpound sthˈout derived to … Useful english dictionary
pound something out — produce a document or piece of music with heavy strokes on a keyboard or instrument. → pound … English new terms dictionary
pound — pound1 [ paund ] noun count *** 1. ) a unit for measuring weight, used in several countries including the U.S. and the U.K., containing 16 OUNCES and equal to 0.454 kilograms. Its written abbreviation is lb.: The baby weighed over 10 pounds. half … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pound — [[t]pa͟ʊnd[/t]] ♦ pounds, pounding, pounded 1) N COUNT: num N The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol ₤. One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt,… … English dictionary
pound — pound1 W2S1 [paund] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(weight)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(for dogs and cats)¦ 4¦(for cars)¦ 5 get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh 6¦(telephone)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 2, 5 6; Origin: Old English pund, from Latin pondo] [ … Dictionary of contemporary English
pound — pound1 noun 1》 (abbrev.: lb) a unit of weight equal to 16 oz avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz troy (0.3732 kg). 2》 (also pound sterling) (plural pounds sterling) the basic monetary unit of the UK, equal to 100 pence. ↘another term for punt4 … English new terms dictionary
pound into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pound into : present tense I/you/we/they pound into he/she/it pounds into present participle pounding into past tense pounded into past participle pounded into informal pound something into someone/someone s… … English dictionary
pound out something — pound out (something) to produce something quickly and with a lot of energy. I m able to pound out at least three articles every week. He pounded out a couple of tunes on the old piano. Usage notes: often used to suggest that something was not… … New idioms dictionary
Pound for pound — is the term used in boxing, mixed martial arts and other combat sports to describe a fighter s value in relation to fighters of different weight classes. Origin of the termIt is often said to have been created to describe world Welterweight and… … Wikipedia
pound out — (something) to produce something quickly and with a lot of energy. I m able to pound out at least three articles every week. He pounded out a couple of tunes on the old piano. Usage notes: often used to suggest that something was not produced… … New idioms dictionary
