Definitions for pelting
pelt·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rain, peltingnoun

   anything happening rapidly or in quick successive

   "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peltingadjective

   This word in William Shakespeare signifies, I know not why, mean; paltry; pitiful.

   Could great men thunder, Jove could ne’er be quiet;
   For every pelting petty officer
   Would use his heav’n for thunder. William Shakespeare.

   Fogs falling in the land,
   Have every pelting river made so proud,
   That they have overborn their continents. William Shakespeare.

   They from sheepcotes and poor pelting villages
   Enforce their charity. William Shakespeare.

   A tenement or pelting farm. William Shakespeare.

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1. pelting

   Pelting refers to the act of repeatedly throwing objects, often small and not typically harmful ones, towards someone or something. It can also refer to a heavy downpour or barrage of something, such as rain, snow, criticisms, or questions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pelting

   of Pelt

2. Peltingadjective

   mean; paltry

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pelting

   pel′ting, adj. (Shak.) paltry, contemptible.—adv. Pelt′ingly. [Paltry.]

Anagrams for pelting »

1. petling

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1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pelting in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pelting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of pelting in a Sentence

1. Asad Ali:

   There are a lot of mobs outside and they are running around with rods breaking windows and destroying vehicles. We aren't able to leave our houses. They are pelting stones as well.

2. Rajnath Singh:

   I appeal to the youth not to resort to stone pelting and I also want to appeal to the security forces not to use pellets. I have told security forces to use maximum possible restraint.

3. Haley Brink:

   It was very loud. The hail was pelting the house, hitting the windows, we were just hoping that the windows were going to hold up and wouldn't break, at one point it was so loud that you couldn't hear a person ten feet away from you talking without yelling.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pelting
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pelting
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pelting
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pelting