pelt: Meaning and Definition of
pelt
Pronunciation: (pelt), [key] — v.t.
- 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.
—v.i. - 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.
—n. - the act of pelting.
- a vigorous stroke; whack.
- a blow with something thrown.
- speed.
- an unrelenting or repeated beating, as of rain or wind.
pelt
Pronunciation: (pelt), [key] — n.
- the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
- the human skin.
- naked.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.