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Definitions for Pelt

[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.
[6] to strike blows; beat with force or violence.
[7] to throw missiles.
[8] to hurry.
[9] to beat or pound unrelentingly: The wind, rain, and snow pelted against the castle walls.
[10] to cast abuse.
[11] the act of pelting.
[12] a vigorous stroke; whack.
[13] a blow with something thrown.
[14] speed.
[15] an unrelenting or repeated beating, as of rain or wind.
[16] the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
[17] Facetious . the human skin.
[18] (tr) to throw (missiles) at (a person)
[19] (tr) to hurl (insults) at (a person)
[20] (intr; foll by along, over, etc ) to move rapidly; hurry
[21] (intr often foll by down ) to rain heavily
[22] a blow
[23] speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt )
[24] the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass
[25] the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning

Words related to Pelt

wool, bombard, pummel, shower, batter, hurl, assail, pepper, jacket, hide, coat, hair, fell, slough, skin, epidermis, pound, belabor, hammer, career

Words nearby Pelt

pelorize, pelorus, pelota, pelotas, peloton, pelt, peltast, peltate, peltation, pelter, peltier effect

Origin of Pelt

21275–1325; Middle English; perhaps back formation from peltry; compare Old French pelete, derivative of Latin pellis skin

Other words from Pelt

un·pelt·ed , adjective
pelt·ish , adjective
pelt·less , adjective

Word origin for Pelt

C15: perhaps back formation from peltry

Synonyms for Pelt

wool, coat, epidermis, fell, hair, hide, jacket, skin, slough