pummel
/ˈpʌməl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
verb
noun
Alternative form of pommel.
Example Sentences
- "Rain pummeled the roof."
- "The boxer pummeled his opponent."
- "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.”"
- "The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen."
- "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).”"
Etymology
Alteration of pommel.