Wiktionary
vb. 1 To strike a table, often repeatedly, with a fist, gavel or similar blunt object. 2 (context figuratively legal English) To vehemently assert one's position. 3 (context finance English) To promote one's products.
Usage examples of "pound the table".
He could not prevent his fist from clenching, but he just managed to refrain from allowing it to pound the table.
He made a fist, wanted to pound the table, shatter it into pieces, held his hand tight above the map, took a deep breath, let it go.
He made strange, harsh, animal noises in the back of his throat, and he continued to pound the table as if it were a living creature that had wronged him.
Something within him wound tighter, but he resisted the urge to pound the table again.
Several nearby diners turned to watch him pound the table and point at me.
There were times when I would show up from high school with four or five ravenous football friends, and upon entering the kitchen, I would pound the table and jokingly bellow to my mother, “.