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Meaning of pelt in English
Pronunciation
/pɛlt/
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Verb
pelt
Etymology
late 15th century: of unknown origin
Definitions
1.
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
Examples
« They pelted each other with snowballs »
2.
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
Examples
« pelt the speaker with questions »
3.
rain heavily
Examples
« Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside! »
Noun
pelt
Etymology
Middle English: either from obsolete pellet ‘skin’, from an Old French diminutive of pel‘skin’, from Latin pellis‘skin’, or a back-formation from peltry
Definitions
1.
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
2.
body covering of a living animal