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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
pelt2 definition

pelt (pelt)

noun

  1. the skin of a fur-bearing animal, esp. after it has been stripped from the carcass
  2. the human skin: a humorous usage

Etymology: ME, prob. back-form. < OFr peleterie: see peltry

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pelt Synonyms

pelt

n.

hide, skin, fell, hair, wool; see also hide 1. See syn. study at skin.


pelt

v.

swat, wham, knock; see beat 2, hit 1.


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pelt Usage Examples

Object

  • rain: The rain pelted against my pants, sticking them to my skin.

Adjective modifier

  • thick: Seen from a distance, the beeches clothe the hanger like a thick pelt.

Modifying Another Word

  • severely: Witnessing Rasmus being severely pelted with mud, rocks, firecrackers and urine.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • down: The rain started to pelt down onto the sea.

Preposition: of

  • animal: But the rabbit fur industry demands the pelt of a thicker, older animal than those slaughtered for meat.

Preposition: with

  • egg: Pelted with rotten eggs, he spouted on, oblivious to the mirth he had perpetrated.

Noun used with modifier

  • beaver: A coin was created to equal the value of one beaver pelt.
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pelt quotes

Now I know She had rather wear my pelt tanned in a pair Of dancing pumps.

-Middleton,Thomas

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