pummel
verb (used with object)
to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
are pummelling
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present progressiveof pummel.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"A generous fellow plays for the play, a sordid one for the stake; an old fogy sits by and smokes the pipe of tranquillity, while Jack and Tom are pummelling each other in the ring."
From The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray
