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pelt
1[ pelt ]
verb (used with object)
- to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- to throw (missiles).
- to drive by blows or missiles:
The child pelted the cows home from the fields.
- to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc.
- to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows:
The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days.
verb (used without object)
- to strike blows; beat with force or violence.
- to throw missiles.
- to hurry.
- to beat or pound unrelentingly:
The wind, rain, and snow pelted against the castle walls.
- to cast abuse.
pelt
2[ pelt ]
noun
- the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
- Facetious. the human skin.
pelt
1/ pɛlt /
verb
- tr to throw (missiles) at (a person)
- tr to hurl (insults) at (a person)
- intr; foll by along, over, etc to move rapidly; hurry
- introften foll bydown to rain heavily
noun
- a blow
- speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt )
pelt
2/ pɛlt /
noun
- the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass
- the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning
Derived Forms
- ˈpelter, noun
Other Words From
- un·pelted adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pelt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pelt1
Origin of pelt2
Idioms and Phrases
- in one's pelt, Facetious. naked ( def 1 ).
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It was the first time that a Chinese public official acknowledged the existence of the tiger pelt trade within the country.
In a way, the print emphasizes the pelt-like nature of all images, as they flatten out the world and hand it over to us.
I recently saw this pelt-of-a-print by Swiss artist Michael Günzburger at Winkleman Gallery in Chelsea.
Every sort of pelt, skin, or plumage was part of this collection.
I was to Spoutin' Springs, twenty mile west, with a bale o' blue fox an' otter pelt.
Wishing to have a bell to hang in the tower of this chapel, each convert brought a pelt, and the bell was ordered from France.
He had gone to Double Up Cove for the silver fox pelt, and he had it.
And sometimes they would even pelt the old horse Ebenezer, who stood in the stall next to Twinkleheels.
Why should a hairy pelt and a relatively low intelligence make a chimp non-human?
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