16 March 2018
pummel
[puhm-uh l]
verb (used with object), pummeled, pummeling or (especially British) pummelled, pummelling.
1. to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
Also, pommel.
Origin of pummel
1540-1550 First recorded in 1540-50; alteration of pommel
Related forms
unpummeled, adjective
unpummelled, adjective
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Examples from the Web for pummel
Contemporary Examples
Since then, conflict has continued to pummel much of the eastern part of the Congo, but Kisangani has remained relatively calm.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis
Nina Strochlic
November 23, 2014
On Sunday, Iroquois defenders used them to intimidate and pummel Canadians in a second-half surge.
A Millennium After Inventing the Game, the Iroquois Are Lacrosse’s New Superpower
Evin Demirel
July 21, 2014
In an attempt to vanquish the monster, the superheroes step in and pummel him, knocking him to the ground.
The Rise of Superhero Therapy: Comic Books as Psychological Treatment
Alex Suskind
February 17, 2014
Barbie Nadeau on how one botched road could pummel Italy’s economy.
The Mafia-Built Highway That Could Cost Italy $471 Million
Barbie Latza Nadeau
July 7, 2012
A Wiig character invariably has a captive audience—including us—which they pummel with their own anxiety.
Kristen Wiig Blows Up
Bryan Curtis
May 18, 2010
Historical Examples
But to pummel was one thing, and to arouse Mr. Ketch was another.
The Channings
Mrs. Henry Wood
Will you take it back, or shall I pummel the stuffing out of you?
Tabitha’s Vacation
Ruth Alberta Brown
The saddle should have what is called a third pummel, or leaping-horn.
Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece
George Greenwood
Oh, that I could pummel Mr. Learning for writing it up there!
The Crown of Success
Charlotte Maria Tucker
I would strike while the iron is hot; and pummel the dog to some purpose.’
The Punster’s Pocket-book
Charles Molloy Westmacott
Anagram
plum me
Today’s quote
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
– Joseph Heller
On this day
16 March 1988 – Iraqi forces under the direction of Saddam Hussein, kill thousands of Kurds in Northern Iraq by unleashing a cocktail of gases, including mustard gas, sarin and cyanide.
16 March 1998 – Rwanda commences mass trials relating to the 1994 genocide of approximately 1,000,000 Tutsis and Hutus by Interahamwe militia which had been backed by the Rwandan government.
16 March 2003 – 23 year old, American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, is killed when run over by an Israeli bulldozer which she had tried to stop from demolishing a Palestinian house in Gaza.