Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pummel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pommel \Pom"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pommeled}or {Pommelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Pommeling} or {Pommelling}.]
To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with
something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists. [Written
also {pummel}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pummel \Pum"mel\, n. & v. t.
Same as {Pommel}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pummel
v : strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the
demonstrators" [syn: {pommel}, {biff}]
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