1
: a usually undressed skin with its hair, wool, or fur
a sheep's pelt
2
: a skin stripped of hair or wool for tanning
pelted; pelting; pelts
: to strip off the skin or pelt of (an animal)
pelted; pelting; pelts
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
3
: to beat or dash repeatedly against
hailstones pelting the roof
1
: to deliver a succession of blows or missiles
2
: to beat incessantly
3
: to move rapidly and vigorously : hurry
pelter
noun
Synonyms
Noun (1)
Verb (2)
- barrel
- belt
- blast
- blaze
- blow
- bolt
- bomb [slang]
- bowl
- breeze
- bundle
- bustle
- buzz
- cannonball
- careen
- career
- chase
- course
- crack (on)
- dash
- drive
- fly
- hare
- hasten
- hie
- highball
- hotfoot (it)
- hump
- hurl
- hurry
- hurtle
- hustle
- jet
- jump
- motor
- nip
- race
- ram
- rip
- rocket
- run
- rush
- rustle
- scoot
- scurry
- scuttle
- shoot
- speed
- step
- tear
- travel
- trot
- whirl
- whisk
- zip
- zoom
Noun (2)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- bop
- box
- buffet
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- haymaker
- hit
- hook
- knock
- larrup [dialect]
- lash
- lick
- pick
- plump
- poke
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slug
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stinger
- stripe
- stroke
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- thud
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whop
- whap
Examples of pelt in a Sentence
Noun (1)
caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders
Verb (2)
pelted away when the cops arrived
pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus
pelted the other kids with pebbles
Noun (2)
gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper
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Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
But, crucially, enough of them remain suspended over the moon to sustain its exosphere long enough for more meteorites to pelt the surface, according to the research.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
North American, left, and South American porcupine pelts and quills.
—Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Atlas is next to Jordan High School, where students and staff have long complained that school grounds have been coated in metallic dust and pelted with metal shrapnel.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
But, crucially, enough of them remain suspended over the moon to sustain its exosphere long enough for more meteorites to pelt the surface, according to the research.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
Noun
The Spanish came to the New World in search of gold, Russians for pelts, others for spices, raw materials, fishing grounds, etc., etc.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
North American, left, and South American porcupine pelts and quills.
—Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Pelt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pelt. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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pelt
1 of 2 noun
: a usually unfinished skin with its hair, wool, or fur
pelt
2 of 2 verb1
: to strike with a series of blows, missiles, or words
2
3
: to beat against again and again
4
: to move quickly
Etymology
Noun
Middle English pelt "skin and attached fur of an animal"
Verb
Middle English pelten "to hit with a series of blows, pelt"
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