pummel

tr.v., -meled, also -melled, -mel·ing, -mel·ling, -mels, -mels.
To beat, as with the fists; pommel: The angry crowd pummeled the thief. See synonyms at beat.

n.
The act of beating, as with the fists.

[Alteration of POMMEL.]

verb

To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, smash, thrash, thresh. Informal lambaste. Slang clobber. Idioms: rain blows on. See attack/defend, strike/miss.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: strike, usually with the fist
  Synonyms: pommel, biff

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - banke , ryste
n. - saddelknap, sværdknap

Nederlands (Dutch)
(in elkaar) slaan

Français (French)
v. tr. - marteler
n. - martèlement

Deutsch (German)
v. - einschlagen auf
n. - Knopf, Knauf

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γρονθοκοπώ

Italiano (Italian)
picchiare, pestare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - esmurrar

Русский (Russian)
колотить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - darle una paliza a, aporrear
n. - protuberancia en la parte delantera de una silla de montar, asas del potro de gimnasia

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - puckla på, mörbulta, dunka m knytnävarna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
击, 用拳头连续揍, 打, 圆头, 前鞍桥, 球壮末端

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 擊, 用拳頭連續揍, 打
n. - 圓頭, 前鞍橋, 球壯末端

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (연달아) 주먹으로 치다
n. - 자루 끝, 안창의 앞머리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 連打する, 叩く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أوسعه ضربا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הלם, היכה שוב ושוב (באגרוף)‬
n. - ‮מהלומה‬

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