pummelverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpʌm.əl/us/ˈpʌm.əl/-ll- or US usually -l-to hit someone or something repeatedly, especially with your fists (= closed hands):
The boxer had pummelled his opponent into submission by the end of the fourth round.
informal to defeat someone easily at a sport:
They were pummelled in the second round.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
- whack
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pummelling
noun [ C ] mainly UK US usually pummeling uk/ˈpʌm.əl.ɪŋ/us/ˈpʌm.əl.ɪŋ/