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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pelt1 /pɛlt/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to attack (someone) with repeated blows:[~ + object]The crowd began to pelt him with rocks.
  2. to attack (someone) with shouting, etc.:[~ + object]pelted with questions about his new policy.
  3. to beat or pound without stopping:[no object]rain pelting down.

pelt2 /pɛlt/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Clothingthe untanned hide or skin of an animal.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pelt1  (pelt),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
  2. to throw (missiles).
  3. to drive by blows or missiles:The child pelted the cows home from the fields.
  4. to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc.
  5. to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows:The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days.

v.i. 
  1. to strike blows;
    beat with force or violence.
  2. to throw missiles.
  3. to hurry.
  4. to beat or pound unrelentingly:The wind, rain, and snow pelted against the castle walls.
  5. to cast abuse.

n. 
  1. the act of pelting.
  2. a vigorous stroke;
    whack.
  3. a blow with something thrown.
  4. speed.
  5. an unrelenting or repeated beating, as of rain or wind.
  • origin, originally uncertain 1490–1500

pelt2  (pelt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Clothingthe untanned hide or skin of an animal.
  2. Slang Terms[Facetious.]the human skin.
  3. in one's pelt, [Facetious.]naked.
  • 1275–1325; Middle English; perh. back formation from peltry; compare Old French pelete, derivative of Latin pellis skin
pelt′ish, adj. 
pelt′less, adj. 
    1. See skin. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pelt /pɛlt/ vb
  1. (transitive) to throw (missiles) at (a person)
  2. (transitive) to hurl (insults) at (a person)
  3. (intransitive; followed by along, over, etc) to move rapidly; hurry
  4. (intransitive) often followed by down: to rain heavily
 n
  1. a blow
  2. speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt)
Etymology: 15th Century: of uncertain origin, perhaps from pellet
pelt /pɛlt/ n
  1. the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass
  2. the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning
Etymology: 15th Century: perhaps back formation from peltry
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