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Meaning of 'pelt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pelt [ n.]
- The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.
- The human skin.
- The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
- A blow or stroke from something thrown.
2 . Pelt [ v. i.]
- To throw missiles.
- To throw out words.
3 . Pelt [ v. t.]
- To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
- To throw; to use as a missile.

Meaning of 'pelt' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pelt [ v]
Meaning (1):
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
Example in sentence:
  • pelt the speaker with questions
Meaning (2):
- rain heavily
Example in sentence:
  • Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Meaning (3):
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
Example in sentence:
  • They pelted each other with snowballs

Nearby Words:

pela pelage pelagian pelagianism pelagic pelargonic pelargonium pelasgian pelasgic pelecan

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