peltverb
uk/pelt/us/pelt/pelt verb (THROW)
[ T ] to throw a number of things quickly at someone or something:
We saw rioters pelting police with bricks and bottles.
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Throwing
- cast
- catapult
- chuck
- flick
- fling
- heave
- hurl
- overhand
- peg
- project
- projectile
- sling
- slung
- stone
- throw
- throw-in
- thrown
- toss
- underarm
- underhand
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pelt verb (RUN)
[ I + adv/prep ] informal to run fast:
The children pelted down the bank.
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- glide
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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Idiom(s)
pelt (down)
peltnoun
uk/pelt/us/pelt/pelt noun (SKIN)
[ C ] the skin and fur of a dead animal, or the skin with the fur removed
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The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals
- -haired
- alpaca
- coat
- coated
- coney
- cony
- dander
- hairless
- hairy
- ivory
- mink
- plumage
- plumule
- prickle
- ruff
- spinneret
- vellum
- whisker
- wire-haired
- wool
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pelt noun (RUN)
at full pelt UK
running as fast as possible
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- glide
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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