pummel

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pum·mel /ˈpʌməl/ verb (pummelled, pummelling British EnglishBrE, pummeled, pummeling American EnglishAmE) [transitiveT] → pommel

1 HITto hit someone or something many times quickly, especially using your fists (=closed hands) 反复猛击，〔尤指〕用双拳接连地捶打 SYN beat

Diane leaned over and pummeled the pillows.

黛安娜俯下身不断捶打枕头。

pummel something with something

She flew at him, pummelling his chest with her fists.

她向他冲过去，用拳头连连捶打他的胸膛。

pummel at

The cook pummelled at the dough.

厨师反复捶打面团。

The platoon was pummeled by heavy machine-gun fire.

那个排遭到了机枪火力猛烈的连续攻击。

2. informalDSBEAT/DEFEAT to completely defeat someone at a sport 〔在体育比赛中〕彻底击败

Examples from the Corpus

pummel• But sometimes she thought Perdita had created Agnes for something to pummel.• She felt tumbled out, pushed and pummelled.• On Saturday, Penn State pummeled Arizona 54-0.• She fought him, desperately, clawing and pummelling at him and shrieking out every obscenity she knew.• Then she pummelled Clare's pillow and kicked clumsily against the nearest wall with her booted feet.• He caught her, and she pummelled him on the arm.• Ali leaned against the ropes and allowed Foreman to pummel him.• Ali shocked his trainers and the sports world by leaning against the ropes and allowing Foreman to pummel him.• I pummel myself with my fists, hard, a dozen times.• It happens a few times where I have to pummel one of these guys who causes trouble in the club.

Origin pummel

(1500-1600) pommel

pum·mel verb

Chinese

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