pummel

[ puhm-uhl ]

/ ˈpʌm əl /

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verb (used with object), pum·meled, pum·mel·ing or (especially British) pum·melled, pum·mel·ling.

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

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Also pommel.

Origin of pummel

First recorded in 1540–50; alteration of pommel

OTHER WORDS FROM pummel

un·pum·meled, adjectiveun·pum·melled, adjective

How to use pummel in a sentence

She and her colleagues pummeled diamond with powerful lasers.
Extreme pressure? Diamonds can take it|Emily Conover|February 19, 2021|Science News For Students
Amid freezing temperatures, nearly half a million Texans remained without power Thursday morning after a record-breaking winter storm pummeled the state’s power grid and left millions without access to heat and electricity.
Nearly 200,000 People Still Lack Power Amid Snow, Subzero Temperatures Across Texas. Here’s How To Help|Madeleine Carlisle|February 18, 2021|Time
With winter weather pummeling the nation this week, warming up by a fire becomes more of a necessity than a comfort.
Everything you need to know to start a fire|PopSci Staff|February 18, 2021|Popular-Science
He visited Southern California for the Super Bowl, arriving shortly before the city was pummeled by a rare snowstorm.
Why Ted Cruz should’ve known this was a bad idea|Aaron Blake|February 18, 2021|Washington Post

But, Cohan cautions, the cold weather system that pummeled the Lone Star State was widespread, and also stressed the grids of neighboring states like Oklahoma.
The real story behind the Texas power outages|Ula Chrobak|February 18, 2021|Popular-Science
They led and countered and pummelled each other till the perspiration poured down their faces and they had begun to breathe hard.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
Next an anonymous Irish Member fell over the bench on to Saunderson's knee, and was there incontinently but heartily pummelled.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, April 6, 1895|Various
Then we tapped and pummelled and pressed imaginary springs till we were nearly sick of it—there was nothing to guide us.
Uncanny Tales|Mary Louisa Molesworth
Upon this bed the ice is put, broken and pummelled, and beaten down together in the usual manner.
Cottage Economy|William Cobbett
Lake and the editor quarrelled—pummelled each other—neither know nor care what it was about.
New Grub Street|George Gissing

British Dictionary definitions for pummel

pummel

/ (ˈpʌməl) /

verb -mels, -melling or -melled or US -mels, -meling or -meled

(tr) to strike repeatedly with or as if with the fistsAlso (less commonly): pommel

Word Origin for pummel

C16: see pommel

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