BEPOMMEL

Etymology

Verb

bepommel (third-person singular simple present bepommels, present participle bepommelling or bepommeling, simple past and past participle bepommelled or bepommeled)

(transitive) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick.

(transitive, figuratively) To assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing.

Source: Wiktionary

Be*pom"mel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bepommeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bepommeling.]

Definition: To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing. Thackeray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition