pelt
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈpelt 
1
: a usually undressed skin with its hair, wool, or fur
a sheep's pelt
2
: a skin stripped of hair or wool for tanning
pelt
2 of 4verb (1)
pelted; pelting; pelts
transitive verb
: to strip off the skin or pelt of (an animal)
pelt
3 of 4verb (2)
pelted; pelting; pelts
transitive verb
1
a
: to strike with a succession of blows or missiles
pelted him with stones
b
: to assail vigorously or persistently
pelted her with accusations
2
: hurl, throw
pelted snowballs at them
3
: to beat or dash repeatedly against
hailstones pelting the roof
intransitive verb
1
: to deliver a succession of blows or missiles
2
: to beat incessantly
3
: to move rapidly and vigorously : hurry
pelter noun
pelt
4 of 4noun (2)
1
: blow, whack
2
chiefly British : a rapid pace : speed —usually used in the phrase full pelt
A friend still has the three lines up his legs where he ran full pelt into a barbed wire fence.
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Synonyms
Noun (1)
- fur
- hide
- leather
- skin
Verb (2)
- barrel
- belt
- blast
- blaze
- blow
- bolt
- bomb [slang]
- bowl
- breeze
- bundle
- bustle
- buzz
- cannonball
- careen
- career
- chase
- course
- crack (on)
- dash
- drive
- fly
- hare
- hasten
- hie
- highball
- hotfoot (it)
- hump
- hurl
- hurry
- hurtle
- hustle
- jet
- jump
- motor
- nip
- race
- ram
- rip
- rocket
- run
- rush
- rustle
- scoot
- scurry
- scuttle
- shoot
- speed
- step
- tear
- travel
- trot
- whirl
- whisk
- zip
- zoom
Noun (2)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- bop
- box
- buffet
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- haymaker
- hit
- hook
- knock
- larrup [dialect]
- lash
- lick
- pick
- plump
- poke
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slug
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stinger
- stripe
- stroke
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- thud
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whop
- whap
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1) and Verb (1)
Middle English, probably from pelett animal skin, from Anglo-French pelette — more at peltry
Verb (2)
Middle English
First Known Use
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1568, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Noun (2)
circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
pelt 1 of 2
noun
ˈpelt
: a skin of an animal especially with its fur or wool
pelt
2 of 2verb
pelted; pelting
1
: to hit with repeated blows
2
: to repeatedly throw (something) at
Children pelted each other with snowballs.
3
: to beat or pound against something again and again
Rain pelted on the roof.
pelted
verb
1
as in scurried
to proceed or move quickly pelted away when the cops arrived Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- scurried
- raced
- sped
- rushed
- chased
- trotted
- hurried
- drove
- flew
- traveled
- zipped
- jumped
- buzzed
- blasted
- ran
- travelled
- scooted
- darted
- hurled
- speeded
- rammed
- run
- stepped
- dashed
- blew
- scuttled
- tore
- whirled
- bolted
- hustled
- bowled
- ripped
- hurtled
- rustled
- blazed
- whisked
- jogged
- zoomed
- careened
- rocketed
- barreled
- bundled
- belted
- motored
- humped
- hastened
- breezed
- coursed
- hied
- bustled
- bombed
- shot
- nipped
- jetted
- careered
- galloped
- beat it
- barrelled
- hared
- cannonballed
- highballed
- scampered
- streaked
- flitted
- scuffled
- sprinted
- scudded
- stepped on it
- cracked (on)
- made tracks
- stampeded
- hotfooted (it)
- shook a leg
- whizzed
- got a move on
- beetled
- overtook
- accelerated
- outran
- outpaced
- outstripped
- stepped out
- quickened
- arrowed
- caught up
- beelined
- fast-forwarded
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dragged
- poked
- crawled
- crept
- poked
- lingered
- lagged
- strolled
- loitered
- hung (around or out)
- shuffled
- ambled
- sauntered
- lumbered
- tarried
- hanged (around or out)
- dallied
- plodded
- dawdled
- decelerated
- slowed (down or up)
- dillydallied
2
as in hurled
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus Synonyms & Similar Words
- hurled
- threw
- tossed
- flung
- slung
- fired
- lobbed
- heaved
- hurtled
- chucked
- catapulted
- launched
- bowled
- pitched
- pegged
- cast
- darted
- lofted
- dashed
- let fly
- gunned
- rolled
- hove
- ejected
- flipped
- propelled
- precipitated
- rifled
- passed
- hooked
- thrust
- projected
- impelled
- bucked
- shot
3
as in lashed
to strike repeatedly pelted the other kids with pebbles Synonyms & Similar Words
- lashed
- pounded
- licked
- whipped
- battered
- attacked
- thumped
- smashed
- slapped
- punched
- knocked
- hit
- assaulted
- slammed
- beat
- batted
- pummeled
- bashed
- mauled
- did
- buffeted
- spanked
- hided
- chopped
- thrashed
- walloped
- bludgeoned
- hammered
- smacked
- lathered
- clubbed
- paddled
- whacked
- stormed
- pummelled
- lambasted
- raided
- belted
- laced
- flogged
- swiped
- slogged
- switched
- tromped
- whaled
- threshed
- slated
- tanned
- punched out
- curried
- whapped
- drubbed
- swatted
- boxed
- birched
- whupped
- whopped
- wounded
- worked over
- basted
- assailed
- socked
- belabored
- clobbered
- cracked
- rushed
- fibbed
- pommeled
- pommelled
- thwacked
- pasted
- clouted
- beset
- beat up on
- strapped
- bunged up
- caned
- cuffed
- horsewhipped
- leathered
- cudgelled
- lacerated
- laid on
- scourged
- busted
- whomped
- lammed
- flagellated
- whammed
- roughed (up)
- mangled
- gored
- cudgeled
- mutilated
- messed (up)
- pistol-whipped
- bust
- maimed
- cowhided
- blackjacked
- descended (on or upon)
- rawhided
- jumped (on)
- fustigated
- pounced (on or upon)
- in a row
- in a sense
- in a small way
- in a snit
- in a state of denial
- in a state of grace
- in a state of shock
- in a stew
- in a sulk
- in a sweat
- in a tight corner
- in a trice
- in a twinkling
- in a twitter
- in a vacuum
- in a way
- in a wink
- in a word
- in a world of one's own
- in a/one sense
- in abeyance
- in absentia
- in abstracto
- in abundance
- in accord