Wiktionary
pummelling
n. A beating. vb. (present participle of pummel English)
WordNet
pummel
v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators" [syn: pommel, biff]
[also: pummelling, pummelled]
pummelling
See pummel
Usage examples of "pummelling".
In the palace of the widows lives a tribe of women whose chests are irremediably bruised by the power of their continual pummellings, whose hair it torn beyond repair, and whose voices are shredded by the constant, keening expressions of their grief.