pelt

The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).

(also, figuratively)(also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.

The fur or hair of a living animal.

Near-synonym: coat

Đồng nghĩa: coat

(Ireland, humorous, informal)(chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.

(obsolete)A garment made from animal skins.

(obsolete)The body of any quarry killed by a hawk; also, a dead bird given to a hawk for food.

(transitive)A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.

(transitive)(archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.

(figuratively, transitive)A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.

(figuratively, transitive)A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.

(transitive)(chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.

(Scotland, archaic, transitive)A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.

(transitive)To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.

(transitive)Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.

(obsolete, rare, transitive)To remove feathers from (a bird).

(transitive)To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.

The children are pelting each other with snowballs.

They pelted the attacking army with bullets.

Đồng nghĩa: bethwack, bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, calcitrate, cuff, dab, dash, dowse, feeze, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, kick, knock, hammer, hit, impact, jerk, lambaste, lay into, lay on, lunge, patter, pat, pelt, pink, poke, pummel, punch, pound, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, rap, slam, slap, smack, smite, spank, strike, swap, swinge, vapulate, whack, whip, yerk

(transitive)To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.

(transitive)Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.

(transitive)Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.

The children pelted apples at us.

Đồng nghĩa: cockshy

(dialectal, transitive)To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).

(figuratively, transitive)To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.

(intransitive, transitive)Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.

It’s pelting down out there!

(figuratively, intransitive, transitive)To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.

I pelted across to where my family was sitting.

The bus went pelting down the hill.

(also, archaic, figuratively, intransitive, transitive)Chiefly followed by at: to bombard someone or something with missiles continuously.