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pelt
1[ pelt ]
verb (used with object)
- to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- to throw (missiles).
- to drive by blows or missiles:
The child pelted the cows home from the fields.
- to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc.
- to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows:
The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days.
verb (used without object)
- to strike blows; beat with force or violence.
- to throw missiles.
- to hurry.
- to beat or pound unrelentingly:
The wind, rain, and snow pelted against the castle walls.
- to cast abuse.
pelt
2[ pelt ]
noun
- the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
- Facetious. the human skin.
pelt
1/ ɛ /
verb
- tr to throw (missiles) at (a person)
- tr to hurl (insults) at (a person)
- intr; foll by along, over, etc to move rapidly; hurry
- introften foll bydown to rain heavily
noun
- a blow
- speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt )
pelt
2/ ɛ /
noun
- the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass
- the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·Ļ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pelt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pelt1
Origin of pelt2
Idioms and Phrases
- in one's pelt, Facetious. naked ( def 1 ).
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Earlier that same year, a chunk of rocket landed on a North Carolina roof and a discarded space station battery pelted property in Florida.
Last month, some villagers pelted the cats with stones to stop such attacks, The New Indian Express newspaper reported.
Angry fans eventually pelted the would-be revolutionaries with beer, cups and even bottles of urine.
This is one of the ties where you think there is a chance of an upset, because of what Wolves boss Vitor Pereira might do - does he go full pelt, or rest a few?
As embers the size of golf balls pelted the property, she put out spot fires and hosed down the wood-shingled roofs of the Lake Shrine’s historic buildings.
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