pelt
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I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, probably from pelett animal skin, from Anglo-French pelette — more at peltry
Date: 15th century
1. a usually undressed skin with its hair, wool, or fur
2. a skin stripped of hair or wool for tanning
II. transitive verb
Date: 1596
to strip off the skin or pelt of (an animal)
III. verb
Etymology: Middle English
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1.
a. to strike with a succession of blows or missiles <
pelted him with stones
>
b. to assail vigorously or persistently <pelted her with accusations
>
2. hurl, throw <pelted snowballs at them
>
3. to beat or dash repeatedly against <hailstones pelting the roof
>
intransitive verb
1. to deliver a succession of blows or missiles
2. to beat incessantly
3. to move rapidly and vigorously ; hurry
• pelter noun
IV. noun
Date: 1513
blow, whack
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pelt — Ⅰ. pelt [1] ► VERB 1) hurl missiles at. 2) (pelt down) (chiefly of rain) fall very heavily. 3) run very quickly. ● (at) full pelt Cf. ↑full pelt … English terms dictionary
pelt — pelt1 [pelt] vt. [LME pelten < ? pelote,PELLET] 1. to throw things at; strike with or as with missiles 2. to beat or pound heavily and repeatedly 3. to throw or cast (missiles) vi. 1. to beat or strike heavily or steadily, as hard rain … English World dictionary
Pelt — (p[e^]lt), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see {Pelisse}); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.] 1. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pelt — Pelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pelted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pelting}.] [OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.] 1. To strike with something thrown… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pelt — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Anton Friedrich Ludwig Pelt (1799–1861), deutscher evangelischer Theologe Jeremy Pelt (* 1976), US amerikanischer Jazz Trompeter und Flügelhornist Siehe auch: Van Pelt … Deutsch Wikipedia
pelt — pelt; pelt·er; pelt·ing; uro·pelt; … English syllables
Pelt — may refer to: *Fur or pelage, the hair, fur or wool that covers an animal s skin, that has been stripped off the animal. *Pelt (band), a rock/drone band created by Jack Rose * a Dutch name, as in UN diplomat Adrian Pelt … Wikipedia
pelt — [pelt] verb I 1) [T] to throw a lot of things at someone or something Some of the players were pelted with cans and bottles.[/ex] 2) [I] to run somewhere very fast II noun [C] pelt [pelt] the skin or fur of an animal … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Pelt — Pelt, v. i. 1. To throw missiles. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To throw out words. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Another smothered seems to peltand swear. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pelt — Pelt, n. A blow or stroke from something thrown. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pelt — [n] animal fur coat, epidermis, fell, hair, hide, jacket, skin, slough, wool; concept 399 pelt [v] beat; throw hard assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, lapidate, pepper, pound, pour, pummel,… … New thesaurus
