pummel
English
Etymology
Alteration of pommel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʌməl/
- Rhymes: -ʌməl
- Hyphenation: pum‧mel
Verb
pummel (third-person singular simple present pummels, present participle (UK) pummelling or (US) pummeling, simple past and past participle (UK) pummelled or (US) pummeled)
- To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
- Rain pummeled the roof.
- The boxer pummeled his opponent.
- 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):
- 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.”
Translations
To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʏ.məl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pum‧mel
- Rhymes: -ʏməl
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