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Yes, pound is playable

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"Pound" Definition

noun

A British unit of force equal to the weight of a standard one-pound mass where the local acceleration of gravity is 9.817 meters (32.174 feet) per second per second.
A heavy blow.
A monetary unit of Scotland before the Act of Union (1707). Also called pound scots.
A place in which impounded property is held until redeemed.
A place of confinement for lawbreakers.

idiom

Pound the pavement Slang To travel the streets on foot, especially in search of work.

verb-transitive

To assault with heavy gunfire.
To beat to a powder or pulp; pulverize or crush.
To confine in or as if in a pound; impound.
To strike repeatedly and forcefully. See Synonyms at beat.

verb-intransitive

To move along heavily and noisily: The children pounded up the stairs.
To move or work laboriously: a ship that pounded through heavy seas.
To pulsate rapidly and heavily; throb: My heart pounded.
To strike vigorous, repeated blows: He pounded on the table.

verb

To reduce to powder or pulp by beating.
To strike heavily or repeatedly.
To produce with or as if with repeated vigorous strokes .
To inculcate by insistent repetition .
To move, throw, or carry forcefully and aggressively .

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