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pelt 1
(pĕlt)n.
1. The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.
2. A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.
[Middle English, probably from Old French pelete, diminutive of pel, skin, from Latin pellis; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]
pelt 2
(pĕlt)v. pelt·ed, pelt·ing, pelts
v.tr.
1.
a. To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects: pelted each other with snowballs. See Synonyms at barrage2.
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. To fall heavily or abundantly; beat: The rain pelted down all day.
2. To move at a vigorous gait: "A rider on a lathered horse came pelting down the Orange Plank Road" (Stephen W. Sears).
[Middle English pelten, variant of pilten, perhaps ultimately from Latin pultāre, to beat, variant of pulsāre, frequentative of pellere, to strike; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]
pelt′er n.
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pelt
(pɛlt)vb
1. (tr) to throw (missiles) at (a person)
2. (tr) to hurl (insults) at (a person)
3. (intr; foll by along, over, etc) to move rapidly; hurry
4. (often foll by: down) to rain heavily
n
5. a blow
6. speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt)
[C15: of uncertain origin, perhaps from pellet]
ˈpelter n
pelt
(pɛlt)n
1. (Textiles) the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass
2. (Tanning) the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning
[C15: perhaps back formation from peltry]
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pelt1
(pɛlt)v.t.
1. to attack with repeated blows or with missiles.
2. to throw (missiles).
3. to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc.
4. to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows.
v.i. 5. to beat or pound unrelentingly.
6. to throw missiles.
7. to hurry.
n. 8. the act of pelting.
9. a blow, esp. with something thrown.
[1490–1500; orig. uncertain]
pelt′er, n.
pelt2
(pɛlt)n.
the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
[1275–1325; Middle English; perhaps back formation from peltry peltry]
pelt′less, adj.
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pelt
Past participle: pelted
Gerund: pelting
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| Noun | 1. |  pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal animal skin - the outer covering of an animal astrakhan - the fur of young lambs bearskin - the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug) beaver, beaver fur - the soft brown fur of the beaver chinchilla - the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla ermine - the expensive white fur of the ermine fox - the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox lambskin - the skin of a lamb with the wool still on leopard - the pelt of a leopard mink - the expensive fur of a mink muskrat, muskrat fur - the brown fur of a muskrat otter - the fur of an otter raccoon - the fur of the North American racoon sable - the expensive dark brown fur of the marten squirrel - the fur of a squirrel |
| 2. | pelt - body covering of a living animal body covering - any covering for the body or a body part | |
| Verb | 1. | pelt - cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" lapidate - throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation" snowball - throw snowballs at egg - throw eggs at throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee" |
| 2. | pelt - attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" | |
| 3. | pelt - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" |
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pelt
1pelt
2verb
1. shower, beat, strike, pepper, batter, thrash, bombard, wallop (informal), assail, pummel, hurl at, cast at, belabour, sling at Crowds started to pelt police cars with stones.
2. pour, teem, rain hard, bucket down (informal), rain cats and dogs (informal) It's pelting down with rain out there.
full pelt or at full pelt at top speed, swiftly, very fast, at speed, very quickly, speedily, hell for leather (informal), like lightning, hotfoot, like the clappers (Brit. informal), like nobody's business (informal), with all speed, like greased lightning (informal), at or on the double Alice ran full pelt towards the emergency room.
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pelt 1
nounpelt 2
verbTo move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.
Chiefly British: nip.
Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.
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Translations
يَرمي على، يَرْشُقيُهَرْوِل، يَرْكُض مُسْرِعايَهْطُل المَطَر
bubnovatházetlít jako z konveuhánět
drøneoverdænge
megdobál
dynja, steypast yfir; hellirignaláta dynja á, kasta aîskjótast
apmėtytiapsvaidytilėkti galvotrūkčiaismėtytipliaupti
apmētātdrāzties vēja ātrumāgrabināt, sistiespikoties
hádzať
atmakhızla koşmakyağmakyağmuruna tutmak
pelt
1 [pelt]A. VT to pelt sb with eggs → arrojar or tirar huevos a algn
to pelt sb with stones → apedrear a algn
they pelted him with questions → lo acribillaron a preguntas
to pelt sb with stones → apedrear a algn
they pelted him with questions → lo acribillaron a preguntas
B. VI
1. (= fall fast) the rain is pelting down → está lloviendo a cántaros, está diluviando
pelt
2 [pelt] N (= fur) → piel f; (= skin) → pellejo mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pelt
[ˈpɛlt] n → peau f
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pelt
1pelt
2vt
(= throw) → schleudern (at nach); to pelt somebody/something (with something) → jdn/etw (mit etw) bewerfen
(= beat hard) → verprügeln
vi (inf)
(= go fast) → pesen (inf)
it pelted (with rain) → es hat nur so geschüttet (inf); the rain/hail pelted against the windows → der Regen/Hagel prasselte an or schlug gegen die Fensterscheiben
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pelt
1 [pɛlt]1. vt to pelt sb with sth → tirare qc addosso a qn
to pelt sth with sth → colpire qc con qc
they pelted him with questions → lo hanno tempestato or bombardato di domande
to pelt sth with sth → colpire qc con qc
they pelted him with questions → lo hanno tempestato or bombardato di domande
2. vi
b. (fam) (go fast) she pelted across the road → ha attraversato sparata la strada
pelt
2 [pɛlt] n (of animal) → pelliccia, pelle fCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pelt
(pelt) verb1. to throw (things) at. The children pelted each other with snowballs.
2. to run very fast. He pelted down the road.
3. (of rain; sometimes also of hailstones) to fall very heavily. You can't leave now – it's pelting (down).
at full pelt (running) as fast as possible. They set off down the road at full pelt.
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