Pelt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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. speed: running at full pelt.
  5. an unrelenting or repeated beating, as of rain or wind.
noun
  1. the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
  2. the human skin.
Idioms
  1. naked (def. 1).
verb
  1. to throw (missiles) at (a person)
  2. to hurl (insults) at (a person)
  3. to move rapidly; hurry
  4. to rain heavily
noun
  1. a blow
  2. speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt)
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
Pelt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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