- to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- to throw (missiles).
- to drive by blows or missiles: The child pelted the cows home from the fields.
- to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc.
- to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows: The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days.
- to strike blows; beat with force or violence.
- to throw missiles.
- to hurry.
- to beat or pound unrelentingly: The wind, rain, and snow pelted against the castle walls.
- to cast abuse.
- the act of pelting.
- a vigorous stroke; whack.
- a blow with something thrown.
- speed: running at full pelt.
- an unrelenting or repeated beating, as of rain or wind.
- the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
- the human skin.
- to throw (missiles) at (a person)
- to hurl (insults) at (a person)
- to move rapidly; hurry
- to rain heavily
- a blow
- speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt)
- the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass
- the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning