pelt
verb
[ pɛlt ]
• hurl missiles repeatedly at.
• "two boys pelted him with rotten apples"
Similar:
bombard,
shower,
attack,
assail,
batter,
pepper,
strafe,
rake,
sweep,
enfilade,
blitz,
throw at,
rain something down on,
fire a broadside at,
cannonade,
fusillade,
• run somewhere very quickly.
• "I pelted across the road"
Similar:
run,
race,
leap,
sprint,
dash,
rush,
speed,
streak,
shoot,
whizz,
whoosh,
buzz,
zoom,
flash,
blast,
charge,
stampede,
chase,
career,
bustle,
hare,
fly,
wing,
kite,
skite,
dive,
jump,
skip,
scurry,
scud,
scutter,
scramble,
hurry,
hasten,
belt,
scoot,
scorch,
tear,
zap,
zip,
whip,
bomb,
bucket,
shift,
boogie,
hightail,
clip,
cut along,
drag/tear/haul ass,
pelt
noun
• an act of hurling something at someone.
Origin:
late 15th century: of unknown origin.
pelt
noun
• the skin of an animal with the fur, wool, or hair still on it.
• "traders brought reindeer pelts"
Origin:
Middle English: either from obsolete pellet ‘skin’, from an Old French diminutive of pel ‘skin’, from Latin pellis ‘skin’, or a back-formation from peltry.
