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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pelt1 /pɛlt/USA pronunciation v. - to attack (someone) with repeated blows:[~ + object]The crowd began to pelt him with rocks.
- to attack (someone) with shouting, etc.:[~ + object]pelted with questions about his new policy.
- to beat or pound without stopping:[no object]rain pelting down.
pelt2 /pɛlt/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Clothingthe untanned hide or skin of an animal.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pelt1 (pelt),USA pronunciation v.t. - 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.
v.i. - 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.
n. - the act of pelting.
- a vigorous stroke;
whack. - a blow with something thrown.
- speed.
- an unrelenting or repeated beating, as of rain or wind.
- origin, originally uncertain 1490–1500
- Clothingthe untanned hide or skin of an animal.
- Slang Terms[Facetious.]the human skin.
- in one's pelt, [Facetious.]naked.
- 1275–1325; Middle English; perh. back formation from peltry; compare Old French pelete, derivative of Latin pellis skin
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See skin.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pelt /pɛlt/ vb - (transitive) to throw (missiles) at (a person)
- (transitive) to hurl (insults) at (a person)
- (intr; followed by along, over, etc) to move rapidly; hurry
- (intransitive) often followed by down: to rain heavily
n - a blow
- speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt)
Etymology: 15th Century: of uncertain origin, perhaps from pellet pelt /pɛlt/ n - 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
Etymology: 15th Century: perhaps back formation from peltry |