1. A heavy rain
   - downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, soaker, gullywasher [US] 
2. A thrower of missiles
   "the police were too busy to chase the pelters"

Derived forms: pelters

See also: pelt

Type of: rain, rainfall, thrower

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