PUMMEL, PUMMELLING
NOUNS
► POAMING a pummelling → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► CURNUBBLE to beat, to pummel → 1834 Amer. dial.
► KNUBBLE to hit or strike with the fist or knuckles; to pummel → 1721 obs.
► MELLOW to beat, to hit, to strike, to pummel → 1895 Amer. dial.
► PAIK to hit with something hard or solid, as the knuckles, a stick, or a stone; to beat, to pummel, to thrash; to strike; to punish → c1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► PALM ► POAM to pummel; to knock with the fist → 1846 Eng. dial.
► RIB to beat, pummel or punch in the sides → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)