Definition of pelts in English

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Verb pelts, pelting, pelted
pelt - cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"
		bombard
		throw throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six"
		lapidate throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation"
		snowball increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate
		egg coat with beaten egg; "egg a schnitzel"
pelt - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
		pour, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
		rain, rain down precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
		sheet cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
		sluice down, sluice irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
pelt - attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"
		pepper
		throw throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six"
		assail, attack attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

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pelt (Noun)
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.
pelt (Noun)
The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
pelt (Noun)
Human skin.
pelt (Noun)
A blow or stroke from something thrown.
pelt (Verb)
To bombard, as with missiles.
pelt (Verb)
To rain or hail heavily.
pelt (Verb)
To throw out words.
pelt (Verb)
To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
pelt (Verb)
To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.

pelt (n.)
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.
pelt (n.)
The human skin.
pelt (n.)
The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
pelt (v. t.)
To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
pelt (v. t.)
To throw; to use as a missile.
pelt (v. i.)
To throw missiles.
pelt (v. i.)
To throw out words.
pelt (n.)
A blow or stroke from something thrown.

pelt
pelt, n. a raw hide: the quarry or prey of a hawk all torn.—ns. Pelt′monger, a dealer in skins; Pelt′ry, the skins of animals with the fur on them: furs. [M. E. pelt, peltry—O. Fr. pelleterie—pelletier, a skinner—L. pellis, a skin.]
pelt
pelt, v.t. to strike with something thrown: to cast.—v.i. to fall heavily, as rain.—n. a blow from something thrown.—ns. Pel′ter, a shower of missiles, a sharp storm of rain, &c.: a storm of anger; Pel′ting, an assault with a pellet, or with anything thrown. [Cf. Pellet.]