| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pummel |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pum·mel |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p m  l |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: pum·meled also pum·melled, pum·mel·ing, pum·mel·ling, pum·mels, pum·mels
To beat, as with the fists; pommel: The angry crowd pummeled the thief. See synonyms at beat. | | NOUN: | The act of beating, as with the fists. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Alteration of pommel.
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