Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pummel \Pum"mel\, n. & v. t.
   Same as {Pommel}.

Source : WordNet®

pummel
     v : strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the
         demonstrators" [syn: {pommel}, {biff}]
     [also: {pummelling}, {pummelled}]