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  2. PUMMEL definition: 1. to hit someone or something repeatedly, especially with your fists (= closed hands): 2. to…. Learn more.

  3. If you pummel someone or something, you hit them many times using your fists. He trapped Conn in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds. [ VERB noun ]

  4. Examples of pummel in a Sentence. pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived. Recent Examples on the Web Hard rains have pummeled much of the north-central U.S. in June, breaking records.

  5. Pummel definition: to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.. See examples of PUMMEL used in a sentence.

  6. 1. To beat or batter, as with the fists: The angry crowd pummeled the thief. See Synonyms at beat. 2. To cause to undergo harm or loss: news that pummeled the stock market. 3. To attack or harry verbally: was pummeled with criticism. [Alteration of pommel .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  7. The main sense of pummel is physical, but you can use it figuratively when something is taking a beating. During a stock market crash, the economy is being pummeled. A heavy rain can pummel the earth. If you get three bad math grades in a row, it feels like numbers themselves are pummeling you.

  8. pummel. to keep hitting somebody/something hard, especially with your fists (= tightly closed hands) pummel somebody/something (with something) He pummelled the pillow with his fists. (figurative) She pummelled (= strongly criticized) her opponents.

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