Synonyms of pommel

pommel

verb

ˈpə-məl 

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly

the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lick
• whip
• lash
• hide
• pound
• pelt
• batter
• bat
• maul
• beat
• thump
• hammer
• spank
• attack
• punch
• hit
• belt
• knock
• assault
• slap
• slam
• paddle
• slate
• smash
• do
• birch
• tan
• chop
• punch out
• curry
• bludgeon
• pummel
• lace
• lather
• whale
• box
• thrash
• buffet
• club
• whup
• raid
• work over
• wound
• thresh
• smack
• strap
• bash
• whack
• switch
• flog
• drub
• rough (up)
• baste
• bung up
• leather
• storm
• swipe
• beat up on
• wallop
• belabor
• whop
• cudgel
• fib
• cane
• lambaste
• slog
• cuff
• crack
• swat
• tromp
• sock
• paste
• horsewhip
• mess (up)
• jump (on)
• descend (on or upon)
• thwack
• rawhide
• rush
• lam
• clout
• lay on
• cowhide
• pounce (on or upon)
• clobber
• flagellate
• wham
• beset
• lacerate
• assail
• bust
• gore
• blackjack
• whomp
• scourge
• maim
• mutilate
• mangle
• pistol-whip
• fustigate

Example Sentences

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

It’s the first alpine ski area at Hatcher Pass — long a destination for cross country skiers — since the 1970s, when there was a rope tow and pommel lift at Independence Mine. — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Dec. 2020

Not surprisingly, the five fastest serves ever recorded were pommeled by players 6-foot-4 or bigger. — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 12 July 2019

The President’s $17 million home on the island of St. Martin, Le Chateau des Palmiers, was pommeled by Irma days earlier as the then-Category 5 storm wreaked havoc on several Caribbean islands. — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, 12 Sep. 2017