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- Dictionarypelt/pɛlt/
verb
- 1. hurl missiles repeatedly at: "two boys pelted him with rotten apples" Similar
- 2. run somewhere very quickly: informal "I pelted across the road" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of hurling something at someone. archaic
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PELT definition: 1. to throw a number of things quickly at someone or something: 2. to run fast: 3. the skin and…. Learn more.
The meaning of PELT is a usually undressed skin with its hair, wool, or fur. How to use pelt in a sentence.
The pelt of an animal is its skin, which can be used to make clothing or rugs. ...a bed covered with beaver pelts. ...rapidly diminishing suppliers of furs and pelts.
A pelt is an animal's skin, fur and all. If you are wearing a fur coat, you are really wearing a pelt (hate to break it to you). Another meaning of pelt is to throw something at someone — over and over again.
1. a. To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects: pelted each other with snowballs. See Synonyms at barrage 2. b. Archaic To strike (someone) with blows, as with a club. 2. To hurl or throw (missiles): children who pelted stones at the neighbors' windows. 3. To fall upon; strike repeatedly: Hailstones pelted the tent. v.intr. 1.
pelt meaning, definition, what is pelt: to attack someone by throwing a lot of t...: Learn more.
pelt noun 1. Meaning & use. 1. The hide or skin of an animal with the wool, hair, etc… Expand. 2. The raw skin of an animal (esp. a sheep or goat) stripped… 3. † depreciative. A person likened to a dried skin; spec. (a) A… 4. The skin of an animal worn as a garment (in later use… 5. † Falconry. The dead quarry of a hawk; a dead bird fed to a… 6.
5 days ago · pelt (third-person singular simple present pelts, present participle pelting, simple past and past participle pelted) ( transitive) To remove the skin from (an animal ); to skin . Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal. ( obsolete, rare) To remove feathers from (a bird ).
to attack (someone) with repeated blows: [~ + object] The crowd began to pelt him with rocks. to attack (someone) with shouting, etc.: [ ~ + object ] pelted with questions about his new policy. to beat or pound without stopping: [ no object ] rain pelting down.
PELT meaning: 1. to throw a number of things quickly at someone or something: 2. to run fast: 3. the skin and…. Learn more.
