Pelt definition

Pelt

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noun

(1) Body covering of a living animal

(2) The dressed hairy coat of a mammal

verb

(3) Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

"Pelt the speaker with questions"

(4) Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

"They pelted each other with snowballs"

(5) Rain heavily

"Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

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Etymology 1

From pel a skin, possible contraction of peltry "skins" generically.

Noun

pelt

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.

Related terms

fell
pelisse
pell
pellagra
pellage
pellicle
peltry
surplice

Verb

To bombard, as with missiles.

They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
To rain or hail heavily.

It's pelting down out there!
To throw out words.
To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.

The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.

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