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Meanings of pummel in English

Catalan
donar cops de puny
Spanish
agarrar a puñetazos

Strike, usually with the fist.

donar cops de puny
Synonyms
Examples for "pommel"
Examples for "pommel"
1
Hare held to the pommel and bent dizzily forward in the saddle.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
2
Or I'll use this on you.' He raised her dagger, pommel first.
Return of the Crimson Guard
3
The pommel had struck a branch-andRed Perris was still in place.
Alcatraz
4
I touched the pommel stone and, for once, I felt its power.
Act of will
5
Serena raised her left hand and settled it over the saddle pommel.
Serena
1
You was right in his arms, and you hadda go an' biff him.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
2
It was biff-biff, and biff again, but not nip and tuck for long.
Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories
3
Say it once again, and I'll biff you where you stand.
Right Ho, Jeeves
4
I miss a signal, big stick butts against something solid; biff!
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
5
When you biff me into the corner I can come bouncing back for more.
The Tyranny of Weakness
Usage of pummel in English
1
If they ever built a spaceship, would space litter pummel it irreparably?
Wired
2
It's a frivolous pastime, but at least we don't pummel each other.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
That was why life had been able to pummel him so brutally.
On mystic lake
4
I'd catch him alone and I'd pummel him, over and over again.
The Elephant Vanishes
5
Hugh screamed and the pair began to kick and pummel one another.
Winter door
6
Unlike most predators that grab prey, these pummel it and destroy it.
Wired
7
It is the latest miserable weather to pummel the winter-weary eastern US.
Radio NZ
8
Forecasters said strong winds and heavy rain were expected to pummel coastal areas.
Radio NZ
9
He'd be able to pummel McDowell for ten or fifteen minutes.
Serena
10
Wayland noticed that he was steadying himself in the saddle by the pummel.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
11
One man said he wanted to pummel everyone in the delegation.
News.com.au
12
He wanted to pummel Aarfy, but lacked the strength to lift his arms.
Catch-22
13
He attempted to pummel me, but his staff was useless at close range.
The red pyramid
14
The Laq-sellers continued to pummel Pavek, who was crawling toward him.
The brazen gambit
15
Not long after, the massive solar storm began to pummel the Earth itself.
BBC
16
But to pummel was one thing, and to arouse Mr. Ketch was another.
The Channings: A Story
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Pummel through the time
Pummel across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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