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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
  • In the post, Wouter was pictured wearing a dog cone, which is used to prevent pets from licking, chewing or scratching surgical sites or wounds.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Baldwin’s post featured a video of the dog licking a cherry ice pop and looking at the rain.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of lick
Verb
  • Green whips out his phone with the fluid motion of a digital native and snaps a photo.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Who wouldn’t like to whip out a formula that enabled you to judge this action as evil and the other as merely wrong?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of whip
Verb
  • Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin lashed out at Judge Judy’s remarks about unhappy Americans.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of lash
Verb
  • To her, there was nothing about the real Beck that seemed necessary to hide.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Angelenos also should ensure the lids of their trash bins are closed and block any places around their homes where fleas can enter or hide.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of hide
Verb
  • Moscow's forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, gas stations and data centers, among other targets.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • On a hot Saturday, Pawlikowski and I revisited those heights—the slopes from which, for almost four years, starting in the spring of 1992, Serbian artillery pounded Sarajevo, which lies vulnerably cupped in the valley below.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of pound
Verb
  • This year, rain pelted the ground and the side of the building during the ceremony.
    — Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell were pelting Hawaii's western islands early Tuesday, bringing the threat of floods, mudslides and tornadoes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of pelt
Verb
  • Hurricane Fiona had battered the town in September 2022, on record as the worst tropical storm ever to hit Canada.
    — Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Chick-fil-A, Raising Cane's and Popeyes all hand bread or batter their chicken rather than using a machine.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of batter
Verb
  • Visitors can also follow a small leafy trail to Kelayang Cave, where hanging bats doze after a night of feasting.
    — Claire Turrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and elected to bat for the first time in the series against Australia in the third and final cricket one-day international on Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of bat

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