pummel, pommel, biff
(verb) strike, usually with the fist; “The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pommelled
simple past tense and past participle of pommel
pommelled (not comparable)
(often, in combination) Having a pommel.
Source: Wiktionary
Pom"mel, n. Etym: [OE. pomel, OF. pomel, F. pommeau, LL. pomellus, fr. L. pomum fruit, LL. also, an apple. See Pome.]
Definition: A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as: (a) The knob on the hilt of a sword. Macaulay. (b) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow. (c) The top (of the head). Chaucer. (d) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
Pom"mel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pommeled or Pommelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pommeling or Pommelling.]
Definition: To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists. [Written also pummel.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 January 2025
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