pommel

verb

ˈpə-məl How to pronounce pommel (audio)
Definition of pommelnext
as in to lick
to strike repeatedly the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy

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Recent Examples of pommel There are pommel horses, vertical bars and all the other equipment that populates a gymnastics school. — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2021 Not surprisingly, the five fastest serves ever recorded were pommeled by players 6-foot-4 or bigger. — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 12 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pommel
  1. lick
  2. whip
  3. lash
  4. hide
  5. pound
  6. pelt
  7. batter
  8. bat
Verb
  • Carter is licking his wounds after the rest of the tribe sent Ana home in a blindside.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Typically, only a low-value male resorts to this behavior, turning to foot-licking as the easiest way to ingratiate himself with women.
    — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of lick
Verb
  • My opponent should be condemning political violence, not whipping it up.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In whipping rain and wind in New Jersey, the New York Giants held on for a 12-7 win in their first game since quarterback Jaxson Dart suffered a season-ending knee injury.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of whip
Verb
  • Over the weekend, Hurricane Simon lashed at the country's Pacific Coast as a Category 4 hurricane.
    — Adrian Florido, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Tropical storm-force winds began to lash the Gulf shoreline around midday, hours before Isaias was expected to make landfall between Mobile Bay on the Alabama coast and the city of Destin in the Florida Panhandle.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of lash
Verb
  • Rhys-Davies is the archangel Raphael, who hides the star’s light inside her heart, and Boneta is Joshua, a stranger with a difficult history who goes on the run with her.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Measure your numbers, work with a clinician and stop treating hormone health as something to hide.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of hide
Verb
  • Extreme tropical weather led to two deaths in Mexico and caused widespread damage over the weekend as Hurricane Simon pounded the country's Pacific coast, authorities said Monday.
    — JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Rain pounded Las Vegas, which broke a daily rainfall record Sunday.
    — Adrian Florido, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of pound
Verb
  • Mostly, though, the moon is pelted by meteoroids the size of bullets or footballs.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
  • If/when that day comes, that person should be pelted with rocks and garbage until (s)he stops having terrible ideas.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of pelt
Verb
  • All my teams got battered last week, and I'm still pumped to get a new week going.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Pitchers committed 290 violations this season, batters 92 and catchers five.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of batter
Verb
  • Marsee — who bats and throws with his left hand — is undergoing a UCL reconstruction on his left elbow, as opposed to a full repair, and is expected to be ready for game action in six months.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Important-sounding acronyms are batted about to suggest internal guardrails — like MSI (Meaningful Social Interactions), CIT (Civic Integrity Team) or SATF (Soft Action Task Force).
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of bat

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