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单词 pummeling
释义

pummel

verb

pum·​mel ˈpə-məl How to pronounce pummel (audio)
pummeled also pummelled; pummeling also pummelling ˈpə-mə-liŋ How to pronounce pummel (audio)
ˈpəm-liŋ
: pound, beat

Synonyms

  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • belabor
  • belt
  • birch
  • bludgeon
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • club
  • curry
  • do
  • drub
  • fib [British]
  • flog
  • hammer
  • hide
  • lace
  • lambaste
  • lambast
  • lash
  • lather
  • lick
  • maul
  • mess (up)
  • paddle
  • pelt
  • pommel
  • pound
  • punch out
  • rough (up)
  • slate
  • slog
  • switch
  • tan
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thump
  • tromp
  • wallop
  • whale
  • whip
  • whop
  • whap
  • whup
  • work over
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Example Sentences

pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived
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Word History

Etymology

alteration of pommel

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

pummel

verb

pum·​mel ˈpə-məl How to pronounce pummel (audio)
pummeled also pummelled; pummeling also pummelling
1
: to hit repeatedly
2
: to defeat badly

pummeling 1 of 2

noun

variants also pummelling
as in thrashing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • thrashing
  • hammering
  • pounding
  • battering
  • bashing
  • bludgeoning
  • licking
  • clobbering
  • blow
  • thump
  • hit
  • slap
  • lambasting
  • punch
  • knock
  • encounter
  • buffet
  • contact
  • rap
  • meeting
  • shock
  • collision
  • jolt
  • impact
  • touch
  • impingement
  • wallop
  • kick
  • concussion
  • bump
  • jounce
  • slam
  • crash
  • strike
  • smash
  • jar

pummeling

2 of 2

verb

variants also pummelling
present participle of pummel
as in thumping
to strike repeatedly pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • thumping
  • pounding
  • licking
  • whipping
  • beating
  • pelting
  • slapping
  • punching
  • hitting
  • battering
  • thrashing
  • attacking
  • knocking
  • mauling
  • slamming
  • bludgeoning
  • spanking
  • lashing
  • hammering
  • bashing
  • smashing
  • smacking
  • assaulting
  • whacking
  • drubbing
  • walloping
  • swatting
  • paddling
  • flogging
  • hiding
  • buffeting
  • lambasting
  • whupping
  • clubbing
  • slogging
  • batting
  • belting
  • lathering
  • switching
  • punching out
  • thwacking
  • boxing
  • whapping
  • tanning
  • tromping
  • clobbering
  • whopping
  • working over
  • whaling
  • slating
  • threshing
  • currying
  • fibbing
  • doing
  • chopping
  • basting
  • assailing
  • beating up on
  • belaboring
  • pommeling
  • pommelling
  • lacing
  • cracking
  • storming
  • birching
  • raiding
  • socking
  • rushing
  • swiping
  • strapping
  • cuffing
  • busting
  • lamming
  • clouting
  • bunging up
  • lacerating
  • whamming
  • scourging
  • cudgeling
  • whomping
  • flagellating
  • pasting
  • roughing (up)
  • messing (up)
  • besetting
  • caning
  • pistol-whipping
  • wounding
  • cudgelling
  • maiming
  • laying on
  • leathering
  • mangling
  • mutilating
  • horsewhipping
  • goring
  • fustigating
  • blackjacking
  • descending (on or upon)
  • cowhiding
  • jumping (on)
  • rawhiding
  • pouncing (on or upon)
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