Pelt definition
The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.
noun
To fall upon; strike repeatedly.
Hailstones pelted the tent.
verb
To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects.
Pelted each other with snowballs.
verb
Pelt means to throw something at someone or something repeatedly, often for the purposes of attack.
When you throw rocks at someone, this is an example of a time when you pelt him with rocks.
When hail stones are continually falling, this is an example of pelt with hail.
verb
(archaic) To strike (someone) with blows, as with a club.
verb
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To fall heavily or abundantly; beat.
The rain pelted down all day.
verb
To move at a vigorous gait.
verb
To throw things at; strike with or as with missiles.
verb
To beat or pound heavily and repeatedly.
verb
To throw or cast (missiles)
verb
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To beat or strike heavily or steadily, as hard rain.
verb
To rush or hurry.
verb
(now rare) The act of pelting.
noun
A blow.
noun
The skin of a fur-bearing animal, esp. after it has been stripped from the carcass.
noun
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The human skin.
noun
(humorous) Human skin.
noun
To throw; to use as a missile.
The children pelted apples at us.
verb
(intransitive) To throw out words.
verb
To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.
verb
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A blow or stroke from something thrown.
noun
To hurl or throw (missiles).
Children who pelted stones at the neighbors' windows.
verb
Pelt is the act of throwing something at someone, or the skin of an animal with the fur still attached.
The act of throwing rocks at someone is an example of a pelt.
The fur coat of a fox that was removed to make a fur coat is an example of a pelt.
noun
A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.
noun
(at) full pelt
- at full speed
idiom
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
(at) full pelt
Origin of pelt
- Middle English pelten variant of pilten perhaps ultimately from Latin pultāre to beat variant of pulsāre frequentative of pellere to strike pel-5 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English probably from Old French pelete diminutive of pel skin from Latin pellis pel-3 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary
- Possible contraction of pellet
From Wiktionary