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pummeling

pummeling is the present participle and gerund of pummel.

Meaning of pummel

Verb

pummel (third-person singular simple present pummels, present participle (US) pummeling or (UK) pummelling, simple past and past participle (US) pummeled or (UK) pummelled)

  1. To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
    • Rain pummeled the roof.
  2. To scornfully criticize someone or something.
    • The politician was pummeled by the media for his controversial statements.

Noun

pummeling (plural pummelings)

  1. A beating.

Forms of pummeling

pluralpummelings

Questions about pummeling

What does pummeling mean?
Pummeling means a beating.
What is pummeling the present participle and gerund of?
Pummeling is the present participle and gerund of pummel.
What part of speech is pummeling?
Pummeling is a noun.
What is the plural of pummeling?
The plural of pummeling is pummelings.

Words near pummeling in the dictionary

  1. pummaloes
  2. pummel
  3. pummeled
  4. pummeler
  5. pummelers
  6. pummeling
  7. pummelingly
  8. pummelings
  9. pummelled
  10. pummeller
  11. pummellers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pummeling (page history and authors); pummel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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