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pelt

1

[ pelt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
  2. to throw (missiles).
  3. to drive by blows or missiles:

    The child pelted the cows home from the fields.

  4. to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc.
  5. to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows:

    The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days.



verb (used without object)

  1. to strike blows; beat with force or violence.
  2. to throw missiles.
  3. to hurry.
  4. to beat or pound unrelentingly:

    The wind, rain, and snow pelted against the castle walls.

  5. to cast abuse.

noun

  1. the act of pelting.
  2. a vigorous stroke; whack.
  3. a blow with something thrown.
  4. running at full pelt.

  5. an unrelenting or repeated beating, as of rain or wind.

pelt

2

[ pelt ]

noun

  1. the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
  2. Facetious. the human skin.

pelt

1

/ ±èÉ›±ô³Ù /

verb

  1. tr to throw (missiles) at (a person)
  2. tr to hurl (insults) at (a person)
  3. intr; foll by along, over, etc to move rapidly; hurry
  4. introften foll bydown to rain heavily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a blow
  2. speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pelt

2

/ ±èÉ›±ô³Ù /

noun

  1. the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass
  2. the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è±ð±ô³Ù±ð°ù, noun
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  • ³Ü²Ô·±è±ð±ô³ÙĻå adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pelt1

First recorded in 1490–1500; Middle English pilten, pelten; further origin uncertain

Origin of pelt2

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English; perhaps back formation from peltry; compare Old French pelete, derivative of Latin pellis “s°ì¾±²Ôâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pelt1

C15: of uncertain origin, perhaps from pellet

Origin of pelt2

C15: perhaps back formation from peltry
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. in one's pelt, Facetious. naked ( def 1 ).
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Synonym Study

See skin.
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Example Sentences

Angry fans eventually pelted the would-be revolutionaries with beer, cups and even bottles of urine.

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This is one of the ties where you think there is a chance of an upset, because of what Wolves boss Vitor Pereira might do - does he go full pelt, or rest a few?

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As embers the size of golf balls pelted the property, she put out spot fires and hosed down the wood-shingled roofs of the Lake Shrine’s historic buildings.

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“I was getting pelted by embers on that first run,†Hall said.

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That video, which was posted on X on Christmas Day, showed hundreds of skiers lining up for a ski lift while being pelted by snow and wind.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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