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pummel

[puhm-uhl]

verb (used with object)

pummeled, pummeling , pummelled, pummelling .
  1. to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.



pummel

/ ˈʌə /

verb

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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unpummeled adjective
  • unpummelled adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pummel1

First recorded in 1540–50; alteration of pommel
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pummel1

C16: see pommel
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Other outlets are getting pummeled by the White House as well, such as PBS and NPR.

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A phalanx of police officers on horseback surround a person who has been knocked to the ground and repeatedly pummeled with batons.

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Oregon State pummeled Saint Mary’s 20-3 on Sunday afternoon to reach the final.

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Hitting with depth and pummelling his forehand in particular, he stuck in the rallies with the defensive Medvedev and returned serve well.

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The country has the lowest levels of economic growth and foreign investment in of all of Central America, worse even than nearby Nicaragua, a dictatorship that has been pummeled by U.S. sanctions.

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