pummel

[puhm-uhl]

verb (used with object)

pummeled, pummeling , pummelled, pummelling .

1. to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.

pummel

/ ˈpʌməl /

verb

1. Also (less commonly): pommel. (tr) to strike repeatedly with or as if with the fists

Other Word Forms

• unpummeled adjective
• unpummelled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pummel¹

First recorded in 1540–50; alteration of pommel

Word History and Origins

Origin of pummel¹

C16: see _pommel

Example Sentences

Labour, so long the victor of so many a south Wales political contest, humbled, pummelled, crushed - attracting just 11% of voters.

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In India, the unexpected pummeling by a putative partner has led to anger and soul-searching.

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That investigation was sparked by video of officers allowing eight youths to pummel another teen inside Los Padrinos, which has also been deemed unfit to house youths by a state commission.

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Last month, a super typhoon pummelled through the country's north, killing 11 people.

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Open final delivered a new scenario: Carlos Alcaraz pummeling Sinner right into Sinner’s favorite surface.

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Related Words

• bash 
• batter 
• crush 
• flog 
• knock 
• lash 
• maul 
• pelt 
• punch 
• smack 
• thrash 
• trounce 
• wallop 
• whip