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pummel

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pum·mel  (pml)
tr.v. pum·meled also pum·melled, pum·mel·ing also pum·mel·ling, pum·mels also pum·mels
To beat, as with the fists; pommel: The angry crowd pummeled the thief. See Synonyms at beat.
n.
The act of beating, as with the fists.

[Alteration of pommel.]

pummel [ˈpʌməl]
vb -mels, -melling, -melled US, -mels -meling, -meled
(tr) to strike repeatedly with or as if with the fists Also (less commonly) pommel
[see pommel]

Pummel of masseurs—Lipton, 1970.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.pummel - strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"
hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

pummel
verb beat, punch, pound, strike, knock, belt (informal), hammer, bang, batter, thump, clobber (slang), lambast(e), beat the living daylights out of, rain blows upon He trapped Conn in a corner and pummelled him ferociously.
Translations
pummel [ˈpʌml] VTaporrear, apalear

pummel [ˈpʌməl] vt
(in fight) [+ person] → rouer de coups
Jo flew at him, pummelling his chest with clenched fists → Jo se jeta sur lui, martelant sa poitrine de ses poings serrés.
(in massage)tapoter
pummel horse pommel horse ncheval m d'arçons

pummel
vteintrommeln auf (+acc)

pummel [ˈpʌml] vtprendere a pugni

pummel
v pummel [ˈpaml]
to beat again and again with the fists. hamer, slaan, vuisslaan يَضْرِبُ باسْتِمرار бия с юмруци bušit pěstmi tæske løs mit den Fäusten bearbeiten γρονθοκοπώ aporrear, dar de puñetazos kolkima مشت زدن takoa nyrkeillä rouer de coups לְהַכוָת שוּב וְשוב בְּאֶגרוֹפיִם मुकियाना, मुक्के से मारना öklöz, bunyóz memukuli lúberja (með hnúum og hnefum) battere げんこで打つ 주먹으로 계속 때리다 kumščiuoti dauzīt ar dūrēm; bungāt menumbuk-numbuk stompen hamre løs okładać pięściami esmurrar a căra (la) pumni колотить búchať päsťou tepsti udarati pesnicom puckla på, mörbulta ตี yumruklamak 用拳頭連續打 бити; дубасити لگاتار مکے مارنا đấm thùm thụp


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We have a saying here, Sir Nigel, that if you pummel Jacques Bonhomme he will pat you, but if you pat him he will pummel you.
Then, he and my sister would pair off in such nonsensical speculations about Miss Havisham, and about what she would do with me and for me, that I used to want - quite painfully - to burst into spiteful tears, fly at Pumblechook, and pummel him all over.
I had been ordered to cross to the city in all haste and bring the best physician; I was doing my best; naturally I was running with all my might; the night was dark, I ran against this common person here, who seized me by the throat and began to pummel me, although I told him my errand, and implored him, for the sake of the great earl my master's mortal peril --
 
 
 
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