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1. (v.t.) pelt
to attack with repeated blows or with missiles.
2. pelt
to throw (missiles).
3. pelt
to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc.
4. pelt
to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows.
5. (v.i.) pelt
to beat or pound unrelentingly.
6. pelt
to throw missiles.
7. pelt
to hurry.
8. (n.) pelt
the act of pelting.
9. pelt
a blow, esp. with something thrown.
10. (n.) pelt
the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME; perh. back formation from
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| Definition of 'pelt' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fur, pelt
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
2. (verb) hide, pelt, skin
body covering of a living animal
3. (verb) pelt, bombard
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
"They pelted each other with snowballs"
4. (verb) pepper, pelt
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
"pelt the speaker with questions"
5. (verb) pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
rain heavily
"Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
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| Definition of 'pelt' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pelt
the skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell
2. (noun) pelt
the human skin
3. (noun) pelt
the body of any quarry killed by the hawk
4. (noun) pelt
a blow or stroke from something thrown
5. (verb) pelt
to strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail
6. (verb) pelt
to throw; to use as a missile
7. (verb) pelt
to throw missiles
8. (verb) pelt
to throw out words
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Sense: to throw (things) at
The children pelted each other with snowballs.
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 Afrikaans: gooi |
 Arabic: يَرمي على، يَرْشُق |
 Bulgarian: обсипвам |
 Brazilian: bombardear |
 Czech: házet |
 German: bewerfen |
 Danish: overdænge |
 Greek: πετροβολώ, εκτοξεύω |
 Spanish: tirar, lanzar |
 Estonian: pilduma |
 Farsi: پرتاب کردن |
 Finnish: heitellä |
 French: lancer |
 Hebrew: לִזרוֹק עַל- |
 Hindi: फेंकना |
 Croatian: nabacivati se, bacati |
 Hungarian: megdobál |
 Indonesian: melemparkan |
 Icelandic: láta dynja á, kasta (e-u) |
 Italian: lanciare, colpire |
 Japanese: 投げつける |
 Korean: (……을) 던지다 |
 Lithuanian: (ap)mėtyti, (ap)svaidyti |
 Latvian: apmētāt; pikoties |
 Malay: membaling |
 Dutch: bekogelen |
 Norwegian: bombardere, pælme |
 Polish: obrzucać |
 Persian: پرتاب کردن |
 Pashto: يرغل كول ( په توغونديو، خ |
 Portuguese: bombardear |
 Romanian: a arunca |
 Russian: забрасывать |
 Slovak: hádzať |
 Slovenian: obmetavati |
 Serbian: gađati se |
 Swedish: kasta, bombardera |
 Thai: เขวี้ยง |
 Turkish: atmak, ... yağmuruna tutm |
 Taiwanese: 投 |
 Ukrainian: закидати |
 Urdu: بھينکنا |
 Vietnamese: ném |
 Chinese: 投 |
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