pommel
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noun \ˈpə-məl, ˈpä-\Definition of POMMEL
1
: the knob on the hilt of a sword or saber
2
: the protuberance at the front and top of a saddle
3
: either of a pair of removable rounded or U-shaped handles used on the top of a pommel horse
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Origin of POMMEL
Middle English pomel, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *pomellum ball, knob, from diminutive of Latin pomum fruit
First Known Use: 14th century
Rhymes with POMMEL
2pom·mel
transitive verb \ˈpə-məl\pom·meled or pom·melledpom·mel·ing or pom·mel·ling\ˈpə-mə-liŋ, ˈpəm-liŋ\
Definition of POMMEL
: pummel
Examples of POMMEL
- <the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy>
Origin of POMMEL
1pommel
First Known Use: 1530
Related to POMMEL
- Synonyms
- bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib [British], flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, beat, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, wallop, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup, work over
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