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pum·mel

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


Origin:
1540–50; alteration of pommel

un·pum·meled, adjective
un·pum·melled, adjective
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pummel (ˈpʌməl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Un pummeled is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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pummel
1540s, alteration of pommel in the verbal sense of "to beat repeatedly."
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