pummel
pronunciation
How to pronounce pummel in British English:
UK [ˈpʌml]
How to pronounce pummel in American English:
US [ˈpʌməl]
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- Verb:
- strike, usually with the fist
Word Origin
- pummel (v.)
- 1540s, alteration of pommel in the verbal sense of "to beat repeatedly." In early use pumble, poumle; current spelling from c. 1600. Related: Pummeled; pummeling.
Example
- 1. Rising ocean temperatures , water pollution , ocean acidification and cyclones continually pummel the reef and have caused mass coral bleaching .
- 2. And at the end of the day you pummel your self esteem to the ground and you create a lot of negative feelings within .
- 3. The child pummel his mother angrily as she carry him home .
- 4. Big government bond holdings means that interest rate cuts , some of which reduce net interest margins , also pummel treasury returns .
- 5. Across the country , the army 's snipers , artillery and war planes ceaselessly pummel areas suspected of rebel sympathies .