Related terms

• fell
• pelisse
• pell
• pellagra
• pellage
• pellicle
• peltry
• surplice

Etymology 2

Possible contraction of pellet

Verb

1. To bombard, as with missiles.

   They pelted the attacking army with bullets.

2. To rain or hail heavily.

   It's pelting down out there!

3. To throw out words.
4. To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
5. To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.

   The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.

Pelt may refer to:

• Fur or pelage, the hair, fur or wool that covers an animal's skin, that has been stripped off the animal.
• Pelt (band), a rock/drone band created by Jack Rose
• a Dutch name, as in UN diplomat Adrian Pelt

Australian seal, Leatherette, Leatheroid, assail, assault, attack, bang, barrel, bash, baste, bat, batter, bearskin, beat, beating, beaver, beaverette, beeline, belabor, belt, biff, black fox, black marten, black sable, blow, bomb, bombard, bonk, bowl, brickbat, bristle, brook mink, buckskin, buffet, calf, calfskin, capeskin, capillament, cast, cat, catapult, charge, chinchilla, chinchillette, chop, chuck, chunk, cilium, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coast seal, coat, cock, come down, coney, cowhide, crack, cut, cuticle, dart, dash, deerskin, dermis, detonate, dig, dint, discharge, doeskin, drizzle, drop, drub, drubbing, drum, drumming, egg, eject, electric seal, ermine, fall, fell, fire, fire off, flail, flap, fleece, fleet, flesh, fling, flip, fly, fork, fox, fur, furring, furs, fusillade, genet, goatskin, gun, gun for, hair, heave, hide, highball, hit, horsehair, hotfoot, hurl, hurry, hurtle, imitation fur, imitation leather, integument, jab, jacket, jaguar, jerk, knock, lambaste, lance, lapidate, lapin, larrup, launch, lay about, leather, leather paper, leopard, let fly, let off, lick, load, lob, mane, marmot, marten, maul, merino, mink, mizzle, mole, moleskin, monkey, muskrat, nutria, otter, outer layer, outer skin, pass, paste, patter, peg, pellet, peltry, pelts, pepper, pick off, pigskin, pile, pistol, pitch, pitchfork, pitter-patter, plug, plunk, poke, pommel, pot, potshoot, potshot, pound, pour, pour with rain, precipitate, prime, pubescence, pubic hair, pulverize, pummel, punch, put, put the shot, rabbit, rabbitskin, raccoon, rain, rain tadpoles, rap, rawhide, riddle, rind, run, rush, sable, scoot, scurry, seal, serve, setula, shag, shagreen, sheath, sheepskin, shell, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, shower, shower down, shy, skin, skins, skunk, slam, slap, sledgehammer, sling, slog, slug, smack, smash, snap, snipe, sock, spank, spatter, spit, sprinkle, squirrel, stone, strafe, stream, strike, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, take a potshot, tattoo, teem, tegument, thrash, thresh, throw, thump, thwack, tiger, tilt, torpedo, toss, vair, wallop, weep, whack, whip, white fox, whop, wool, work over, yerk