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pelter
pelt 1 P0157900 (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 P0157900 (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.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  pelter - a heavy rain downpour, soaker, torrent, cloudburst, deluge, waterspoutrain, rainfall - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere | | 2. | pelter - a thrower of missiles; "the police were too busy to chase the pelters"thrower - someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm) |
EncyclopediaSeepeltpelter
Synonyms for pelternoun a heavy rainSynonyms- downpour
- soaker
- torrent
- cloudburst
- deluge
- waterspout
Related Wordsnoun a thrower of missilesRelated Words |