pelt
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈpelt 
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
pelt
2 of 4verb (1)
pelted; pelting; pelts
transitive verb
: to strip off the skin or pelt of (an animal)
pelt
3 of 4verb (2)
pelted; pelting; pelts
transitive verb
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
2
: hurl, throw
pelted snowballs at them
3
: to beat or dash repeatedly against
hailstones pelting the roof
intransitive verb
1
: to deliver a succession of blows or missiles
2
: to beat incessantly
3
: to move rapidly and vigorously : hurry
pelter noun
pelt
4 of 4noun (2)
1
: blow, whack
2
chiefly British : a rapid pace : speed —usually used in the phrase full pelt
A friend still has the three lines up his legs where he ran full pelt into a barbed wire fence.
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Synonyms
Noun (1)
- fur
- hide
- leather
- skin
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
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1) and Verb (1)
Middle English, probably from pelett animal skin, from Anglo-French pelette — more at peltry
Verb (2)
Middle English
First Known Use
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1568, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Noun (2)
circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
pelt 1 of 2
noun
ˈpelt
: a skin of an animal especially with its fur or wool
pelt
2 of 2verb
pelted; pelting
1
: to hit with repeated blows
2
: to repeatedly throw (something) at
Children pelted each other with snowballs.
3
: to beat or pound against something again and again
Rain pelted on the roof.
pelts 1 of 3
noun (1)
as in blows
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- blows
- punches
- pounds
- thuds
- hits
- thumps
- swipes
- slaps
- licks
- whacks
- knocks
- bangs
- strokes
- pokes
- lashes
- hooks
- clips
- chops
- bats
- spanks
- beats
- smacks
- belts
- hands
- socks
- claps
- cuffs
- welts
- haymakers
- thwacks
- slams
- slugs
- swats
- lickings
- raps
- stripes
- clouts
- switches
- stingers
- boxes
- fillips
- bops
- dabs
- knees
- kicks
- busts
- picks
- cracks
- biffs
- smashes
- whaps
- plumps
- wallops
- bashes
- buffets
- whams
- hacks
- beatings
- douses
- whops
- swings
- shivers
- whips
- larrups
- counters
- rights
- counterpunches
- counterstrokes
- uppercuts
- counterblows
- lefts
- batterings
- counter-blows
- whippings
- body blows
- rabbit punches
- sidewinders
- roundhouses
- counter-strokes
- knockdowns
- thrashings
- sucker punches
- crunchers
- bastinadoes
- pastings
- drubbings
- knockouts
- bastinades
- kayos
- wallopings
- one-twos
- KOs
- right-handers
pelts
2 of 3noun (2)
as in furs
the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders Synonyms & Similar Words
- furs
- leathers
- hides
- seals
- sheep
- beavers
- skins
- raccoon
- rabbit
- mink
- otter
- raccoons
- marten
- deerskins
- badgers
- otters
- rabbits
- sealskins
- muskrat
- minks
- sheepskins
- goatskins
- sables
- chinchillas
- fox
- ermines
- lambskins
- chamois
- bearskins
- foxes
- snakeskins
- fleeces
- pigskins
- calfskins
- muskrats
- cowhides
- fishers
- buckskins
- racoon
- alligators
- martens
- rawhides
- racoons
- horsehides
- coonskins
- crocodiles
- moutons
- kidskins
- doeskins
- sharkskins
- chamoix
- karakuls
- suedes
- Persian lambs
- cordovans
- patent leathers
- kolinskies
- moroccos
pelts
3 of 3verb
1
as in races
to proceed or move quickly pelted away when the cops arrived Synonyms & Similar Words
- races
- flies
- rushes
- zips
- speeds
- scurries
- travels
- drives
- hurries
- chases
- barrels
- trots
- jumps
- blows
- darts
- rams
- hares
- runs
- bowls
- tears
- bolts
- scoots
- dashes
- buzzes
- bundles
- scuttles
- blasts
- rips
- belts
- shoots
- rockets
- humps
- breezes
- cannonballs
- steps
- highballs
- rustles
- motors
- jets
- nips
- bombs
- zooms
- hies
- hustles
- blazes
- bustles
- courses
- whirls
- hurls
- jogs
- beetles
- careers
- beats it
- hurtles
- hastens
- whisks
- streaks
- shakes a leg
- scuds
- cracks (on)
- gets a move on
- gallops
- careens
- hotfoots (it)
- steps on it
- makes tracks
- arrows
- stampedes
- scampers
- flits
- scuffles
- sprints
- whizzes
- accelerates
- outruns
- overtakes
- steps out
- catches up
- outstrips
- outpaces
- beelines
- quickens
- fast-forwards
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pokes
- creeps
- crawls
- drags
- hangs (around or out)
- lags
- lingers
- pokes
- loiters
- strolls
- saunters
- dallies
- dawdles
- tarries
- lumbers
- ambles
- shuffles
- plods
- decelerates
- dillydallies
- slows (down or up)
2
as in throws
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus Synonyms & Similar Words
- throws
- tosses
- hurls
- slings
- flings
- fires
- bowls
- catapults
- lofts
- chucks
- pegs
- launches
- guns
- casts
- darts
- heaves
- pitches
- lobs
- dashes
- rifles
- hooks
- lets fly
- rolls
- hurtles
- flips
- bucks
- projects
- thrusts
- shoots
- precipitates
- passes
- ejects
- propels
- impels
3
as in hides
to strike repeatedly pelted the other kids with pebbles Synonyms & Similar Words
- hides
- licks
- pounds
- lashes
- whips
- bats
- beats
- hits
- punches
- mauls
- slaps
- batters
- thumps
- chops
- attacks
- knocks
- does
- assaults
- whales
- raids
- paddles
- tans
- smashes
- hammers
- spanks
- belts
- bludgeons
- slates
- boxes
- slams
- clubs
- curries
- bashes
- wounds
- pummels
- storms
- threshes
- bastes
- birches
- wallops
- laces
- pommels
- lathers
- switches
- punches out
- buffets
- works over
- whacks
- thrashes
- swipes
- flogs
- cowhides
- leathers
- belabors
- whaps
- smacks
- fibs
- slogs
- cracks
- socks
- drubs
- thwacks
- beats up on
- lams
- lambastes
- whops
- rushes
- cuffs
- swats
- bungs up
- straps
- clouts
- whups
- cudgels
- pastes
- horsewhips
- canes
- tromps
- busts
- rawhides
- lambasts
- flagellates
- scourges
- whams
- blackjacks
- lacerates
- roughs (up)
- lays on
- clobbers
- assails
- besets
- gores
- messes (up)
- descends (on or upon)
- mutilates
- whomps
- jumps (on)
- maims
- fustigates
- pistol-whips
- mangles
- pounces (on or upon)
- exhibitionism
- exhibitionisms
- exhibitionist
- exhibitionistic
- exhibitionistically
- exhibitionists
- exhibitions
- exhibitive
- exhibitor
- exhibitors
- exhibitory
- exhibits
- exhilarant
- exhilarants
- exhilarate
- exhilarated
- exhilarates
- exhilarating
- exhilaratingly
- exhilaration
- exhilarations
- exhilarative
- exhilarator
- exhilarators
- exhort