Dictionary

pummel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpʌməl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Alteration of pommel.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of pommel.
   alt of pommel

Forms

pummel en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpʌməl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Alteration of pommel.

Meanings

1. To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
   • The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen. 2015 October 4, Mark Kermode, “Macbeth review – a spittle-flecked Shakespearean war film”, in The Observer:
   • The boxer pummeled his opponent.
   • Rain pummeled the roof.
   • The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.” 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
2. To scornfully criticize someone or something.
   • The politician was pummeled by the media for his controversial statements.
   • “There are theorists who have claimed that the movie is getting pummeled especially hard by male film critics who weren’t fans of the show in the first place (though that’s hardly true of the Post’s Smith, who boasted on his blog that he’d watched every episode of the TV show).” 2010 May 28, Patrick Goldstein, “Critics pummeling ‘Sex and the City 2’”, in The Spokesman-Review:
   • I will rape your personality Pummel you with my own philosophy 1991, “Sgt. Baker”, performed by Primus (band):

Forms

Deriveds

pummeler

Translations (24)

pl łomotać (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · mi kurukuru (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · pt esmurrar (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · de einschlagen auf (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · es golpear (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · pl łomotnąć (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · fi hakata (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · hu összever (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · ru барабанить (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · io bategar (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · bg бия непрекъснато (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · fr marteler (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · hu püföl (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · fr rouer de coups (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · nl afranselen (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · hu dögönyöz (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · hu öklöz (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · fi nuijia (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · nl aftroeven (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · mi kōmekemeke (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · hu szétver (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · sv puckla på (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · sv mörbulta (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) · de verdreschen (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly)