pummelling

The men tumbled one upon the other in the fight, pummelling, clutching, and tearing at each other in a wild confusion.

The sailors now crowded boldly aft, grinning and shuffling, to watch the pummelling of the hated Cockney.

The Commissioner faced about; he had neither pistol nor knife, so he commenced pummelling away at the boar's face with his fist.

At it the two boys went, each hitting hard, and both coming in for a considerable share of pummelling.

“Ha, a nice way of making friends—pummelling each other to pieces and upsetting my ship,” retorted Captain Gillespie.