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pum·mel

   [puhm-uhl]
verb (used with object), -meled, -mel·ing or (especially British) -melled, -mel·ling.
to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
Also, pommel.

Origin:
1540–50; alteration of pommel

Related forms
un·pum·meled, adjective
un·pum·melled, adjective
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pummel (ˈpʌməl)
 
—vb , (US) -mels, -melling, -melled, -mels, -meling, -meled
(tr) Also (less commonly): pommel to strike repeatedly with or as if with the fists
 
[C16: see pommel]

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pummel
1540s, alteration of pommel in the verbal sense of "to beat repeatedly."
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