Lewis Short
(verb) : pulto, āre, collat. form of pulso, from pello
* To beat, strike, knock (ante-class.; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 14): pectus digitis pultat,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 47: ostium,Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 3: fores,id. Heaut. 2, 3, 34: januam,Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 30: aedes,id. Most. 2, 1, 56.—Absol., of knocking at the door, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 2: placide,id. Men. 1, 2, 65: pedibus,id. Most. 1, 2, 23.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary