- strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"
- PUMMEL! (Pick Up Multigenre Miniatures, Easy to Learn) is a miniatures wargame rules system created by Polymancer Studios, publisher of Polymancer magazine and Polyglot. PUMMEL! was first published in 2006.
- Pummel is the sixth album by California pop punk band All.
- To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
- A wrestler who can fight through an opponent’s arms or upper body is said to pummel into position. Pummeling is the process of establishing a tieup, such as an underhook, by digging, squeezing, and fighting for position.
- Fighters will pummel when battling for position of the arms and torso while in the clinch, with the aim of getting both arms on the inside and around the opponent's mid-section.