full pelt

Variant of pelt

pelt definition

pelt (pelt)

transitive verb

  1. to throw things at; strike with or as with missiles
  2. to beat or pound heavily and repeatedly
  3. to throw or cast (missiles)

Etymology: LME pelten < ? pelote, pellet

intransitive verb

  1. to beat or strike heavily or steadily, as hard rain
  2. to rush or hurry

noun

  1. Now Rare the act of pelting
  2. a blow

Related Forms:

pelt Idioms

(at) full pelt

at full speed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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