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pelt¹ 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

pelt¹ Related Forms
pelt′er noun
pelt¹ 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

pelt Synonyms

pelt

n.

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

pelt Synonyms

pelt

v.

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

pelt Usage Examples

Object

  • rain: The rain pelted against my pants, sticking them to my skin.
  • stone: Over 2,500 students, who were demonstrating with workers, stubbornly resisted riot police, pelting stones at them.

Converse of object

  • run: Except for one guy who runs full pelt and dives straight into the wedding cake, smashing it into pieces.
  • go: If you know your only doing a mile you'd go full pelt wouldn't you?

Adjective modifier

  • thick: Seen from a distance, the beeches clothe the hanger like a thick pelt.
  • full: Also, try not to finish your ride at full pelt or on an uphill grunt!
  • pickled: In addition there was a ready market overseas for United Kingdom exports of salted skins and pickled pelts.
  • animal: On either side wall are stone box beds which would have been filled with bracken or heather, and covered with animal pelts.

Modifying Another Word

  • severely: Witnessing Rasmus being severely pelted with mud, rocks, firecrackers and urine.
  • down: Alex King evened the scores minutes later and with the rain pelting down, the first quarter began to get scrappy.

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.
  • stone: At 1530 it was being pelted with stones by children.
  • missile: After the game the visiting team were pelted with missiles as they made their way up Holywell Ash Lane and Bonthron was attacked.
  • bottle: Pro Violet supporters have apparently even been pelted with beer bottles at home games.
  • rock: He received death threats at school and he was also pelted with rocks by fellow pupils.
  • brick: Safety concerns were raised by the union after trains were pelted with bricks and stones.

Noun used with modifier

  • beaver: A coin was created to equal the value of one beaver pelt.
  • baboon: It's white and fluffy - kinda looks like one of Naraku's baboon pelts wrapped up. ] voice Stop, Kagura.
pelt Quotes

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

—Middleton,Thomas