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pounder

1 American  
[poun-der] / ˈpaʊn dər /

noun

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

pounder 2 American  
[poun-der] / ˈpaʊn dər /

noun

  1. 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.

  2. a gun that discharges a missile of a specified weight in pounds: pound.

    a ten-pounder.
-pounder British  
/ ˈpaʊndə /

noun

  1. something weighing a specified number of pounds

    a 200-pounder

  2. something worth a specified number of pounds

    a ten-pounder

  3. a gun that discharges a shell weighing a specified number of pounds

    a two-pounder
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

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One of my mom group chats recently turned to strength training, and I copped to finally succumbing to peer pressure and buying weights on Amazon—5 pounders, to be exact.

From The Wall Street Journal

Plus, Tūtū wants us to steam and pound the taro we plan on keeping, before selling the rest to a family of poi pounders in Waialua.

From Literature

Is the half pounder the new Quarter Pounder?

From MarketWatch

As of Wednesday, about a dozen of the people interviewed had identified eating a quarter pounder before contracting the illness.

From BBC

Drawing on its history of menu enhancements, the burger giant launched the Cheesy Jalapeno Bacon quarter pounder in July and brought back the fan-favorite Spicy Chicken McNuggets to menus in September.

From Reuters

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