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pommelled

pommelled is the simple past and past participle of pommel.

Meaning of pommel

Verb

pommel (third-person singular simple present pommels, present participle (US) pommeling or (UK) pommelling, simple past and past participle (US) pommeled or (UK) pommelled)

  1. (transitive) To pound or beat.
    • The scaling him with chairs for ladders to dive into his pockets, despoil him of brown-paper parcels, hold on tight by his cravat, hug him round his neck, pommel his back, and kick his legs in irrepressible affection!1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

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Adjective

pommelled (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds, often) Having a pommel.

Forms of pommelled

alternative formpommeled

Questions about pommelled

What does pommelled mean?
Pommelled means having a pommel.
What is pommelled the simple past and past participle of?
Pommelled is the simple past and past participle of pommel.
What part of speech is pommelled?
Pommelled is an adjective.

Words near pommelled in the dictionary

  1. pommeler
  2. pommelers
  3. pommeling
  4. pommelion
  5. pommelions
  6. pommelled
  7. pommelling
  8. pommelo
  9. pommeloes
  10. pommelos
  11. pommels

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