Pummel

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒmÉ™l

Origin

A synonymous alteration of to pommel

Full definition of pummel

Verb

1. 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), 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.”