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ALL meanings of pelt

pelt
P p
  • verb with object pelt to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles. 1
  • verb with object pelt to throw (missiles). 1
  • verb with object pelt to drive by blows or missiles: The child pelted the cows home from the fields. 1
  • verb with object pelt to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc. 1
  • verb with object pelt to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows: The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days. 1
  • verb without object pelt to strike blows; beat with force or violence. 1
  • verb without object pelt to throw missiles. 1
  • verb without object pelt to hurry. 1
  • verb without object pelt to beat or pound unrelentingly: The wind, rain, and snow pelted against the castle walls. 1
  • verb without object pelt to cast abuse. 1
  • noun pelt the untanned hide or skin of an animal. 1
  • noun pelt Facetious. the human skin. 1
  • idioms pelt in one's pelt, Facetious. naked. 1
  • noun pelt animal skin 1
  • transitive verb pelt bombard 1
  • transitive verb pelt bombard with sth 1
  • countable noun pelt The pelt of an animal is its skin, which can be used to make clothing or rugs. 0
  • verb pelt If you pelt someone with things, you throw things at them. 0
  • verb pelt If the rain is pelting down, or if it is pelting with rain, it is raining very hard. 0
  • verb pelt If you pelt somewhere, you run there very fast. 0
  • verb pelt to throw (missiles) at (a person) 0
  • verb pelt to hurl (insults) at (a person) 0
  • verb pelt to move rapidly; hurry 0
  • verb pelt to rain heavily 0
  • noun pelt a blow 0
  • noun pelt speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt) 0
  • noun pelt the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass 0
  • noun pelt the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning 0
  • verb transitive pelt to throw things at; strike with or as with missiles 0
  • verb transitive pelt to beat or pound heavily and repeatedly 0
  • verb transitive pelt to throw or cast (missiles) 0
  • intransitive verb pelt to beat or strike heavily or steadily, as hard rain 0
  • intransitive verb pelt to rush or hurry 0
  • noun pelt the act of pelting 0
  • noun pelt the skin of a fur-bearing animal, esp. after it has been stripped from the carcass 0
  • noun pelt the human skin 0
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