pummel

pummel
pum|mel [ˈpʌməl] v past tense and past participle pummelled present participle pummelling BrE past tense and past participle pummeled present participle pummeling AmE
[T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: pommel]
1.) to hit someone or something many times quickly, especially using your ↑fists (=closed hands)
= ↑beat
Diane leaned over and pummeled the pillows.
pummel sth with sth
She flew at him, pummelling his chest with her fists.
pummel at
The cook pummelled at the dough.
The platoon was pummeled by heavy machine-gun fire.
2.) informal to completely defeat someone at a sport

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  • Pummel — Pum mel, n. & v. t. Same as {Pommel}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • pummel — 1540s, alteration of POMMEL (Cf. pommel) in the verbal sense of to beat repeatedly …   Etymology dictionary

  • pummel — vb *beat, pound, buffet, baste, belabor, thrash Analogous words: *strike, hit, smite, slug, punch …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • pummel — ► VERB (pummelled, pummelling; US pummeled, pummeling) ▪ strike repeatedly, especially with the fists. ORIGIN variant of POMMEL(Cf. ↑pommel) …   English terms dictionary

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  • pummel — UK [ˈpʌm(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms pummel : present tense I/you/we/they pummel he/she/it pummels present participle pummelling past tense pummelled past participle pummelled 1) to cause a lot of damage to a place Hurricane Mitch is… …   English dictionary

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