pelt

pelt ¹  (plt)

n.

1. The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.

2. A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.

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[Middle English, probably from Old French pelete, diminutive of pel, skin, from Latin pellis; see pel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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pelt ²  (plt)

v. pelt·ed, pelt·ing, pelts

v.tr.

1. To strike or assail repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombard: pelted each other with snowballs.

2. To cast, hurl, or throw (missiles): children who pelted stones at the neighbors' windows.

3. To strike repeatedly: Hailstones pelted the tent.

v.intr.

1. To beat or strike heavily and repeatedly.

2. To move at a vigorous gait.

n.

1. A sharp blow; a whack.

2. A rapid pace: galloped away at a pelt.

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[Middle English pelten, variant of pilten, perhaps ultimately from Latin pultre, to beat, variant of pulsre, frequentative of pellere, to strike; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

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pelter n.

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pelt¹

vb

1. (tr) to throw (missiles) at (a person)

2. (tr) to hurl (insults) at (a person)

3. (intr; foll by along, over, etc.) to move rapidly; hurry

4. (intr; often foll by down) to rain heavily

n

1. a blow

2. speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt)

[of uncertain origin, perhaps from pellet]

pelter  n

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pelt²

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning

[perhaps back formation from peltry]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal   fur animal skin - the outer covering of an animal astrakhan - the fur of young lambs bearskin - the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug) beaver, beaver fur - the soft brown fur of the beaver chinchilla - the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla ermine - the expensive white fur of the ermine fox - the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox lambskin - the skin of a lamb with the wool still on lapin, rabbit - the fur of a rabbit leopard - the pelt of a leopard mink - the expensive fur of a mink muskrat, muskrat fur - the brown fur of a muskrat otter - the fur of an otter raccoon - the fur of the North American racoon sable - the expensive dark brown fur of the marten sealskin, seal - the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal" squirrel - the fur of a squirrel
	2.	pelt - body covering of a living animal hide, skin body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
Verb	1.	pelt - cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" bombard lapidate - throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation" snowball - throw snowballs at egg - throw eggs at throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	2.	pelt - attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" pepper attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
	3.	pelt - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream, pour rain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

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pelt¹

noun coat, fell, skin, hide mink which had been bred for their pelts

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pelt²

verb

1. shower, beat, strike, pepper, batter, thrash, bombard, wallop (informal), assail, pummel, hurl at, cast at, belabour, sling at Crowds started to pelt police cars with stones.

2. pour, teem, rain hard, bucket down (informal), rain cats and dogs (informal) It's pelting down with rain out there.

3. rush, charge, shoot, career, speed, tear, belt (slang), dash, hurry, barrel (along) (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), whizz (informal), stampede, run fast, burn rubber (informal) She pelted down the stairs in her nightgown.

full pelt or at full pelt at top speed, swiftly, very fast, at speed, very quickly, speedily, hell for leather (informal), like lightning, hotfoot, like the clappers (Brit. informal), like nobody's business (informal), with all speed, like greased lightning (informal), at or on the double Alice ran full pelt towards the emergency room.

Translations

pelt¹ [pelt]

A. VT to pelt sb with eggs → arrojar or tirar huevos a algn
to pelt sb with stones → apedrear a algn
they pelted him with questions → lo acribillaron a preguntas

B. VI

1. (= fall fast) the rain is pelting down → está lloviendo a cántaros, está diluviando

2. (= go fast) to go pelting off → salir como un rayo

C. N to go full pelt → ir a todo correr, ir a toda pastilla

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pelt² [pelt] N (= fur) → piel f; (= skin) → pellejo m

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pelt [ˈpɛlt]

n → peau f

vt (= throw at) to pelt sb with sth → bombarder qn de qch
to be pelted with sth → se faire bombarder de qch

vi
it's pelting with rain (= raining heavily) → il tombe des cordes

pelt down

vi [rain] → tomber à seaux
it's pelting down
BUT il tombe des cordes.

vt fus [person] to pelt down the stairs → débouler l'escalier
to pelt down the street → descendre la rue à fond la caisse

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pelt¹

n → Pelz m, → Fell nt

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pelt²

vt

(= throw) → schleudern (at nach); to pelt somebody/something (with something) → jdn/etw (mit etw) bewerfen

(= beat hard) → verprügeln

vi (inf)

(= go fast) → pesen (inf)

it pelted (with rain) → es hat nur so geschüttet (inf); the rain/hail pelted against the windows → der Regen/Hagel prasselte an or schlug gegen die Fensterscheiben

n (inf)

(= speed) at full pelt → volle Pulle (inf)

(= blow) → Schlag m; she gave her a good pelt round the ear → sie gab ihr eine kräftige Ohrfeige

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pelt¹ [pɛlt]

1. vt to pelt sb with sth → tirare qc addosso a qn
to pelt sth with sth → colpire qc con qc
they pelted him with questions → lo hanno tempestato or bombardato di domande

2. vi

a. the rain is pelting (down) (fam) → piove a dirotto

b. (fam) (go fast) she pelted across the road → ha attraversato sparata la strada

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pelt² [pɛlt] n (of animal) → pelliccia, pelle f

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pelt

v pelt [pelt]

1 to throw (things) at The children pelted each other with snowballs. gooi يَرمي على، يَرْشُق обсипвам házet overdænge bewerfen πετροβολώ, εκτοξεύω tirar, lanzar pilduma پرتاب کردن heitellä lancer לִזרוֹק עַל- फेंकना nabacivati se,bacati megdobál melemparkan láta dynja á, kasta (e-u) að lanciare, colpire 投げつける (……을) 던지다 (ap)mėtyti, (ap)svaidyti apmētāt; pikoties membaling bekogelen bombardere, pælme obrzucać bombardear a arunca забрасывать hádzať obmetavati gađati se kasta, bombardera เขวี้ยง atmak, ... yağmuruna tutmak 投 закидати بھينکنا ném 投

2 to run very fast He pelted down the road. ren, vinnig hardloop يُهَرْوِل، يَرْكُض مُسْرِعا бягам uhánět drøne jagen τρέχω ολοταχώς correr a toda prisa liduma شتافتن rynnätä courir à toutes jambes לַרוּץ בִּמהִירוּת तेजी से दौड़ना, झपटना sjuriti rohan lari skjótast precipitarsi 疾走する 내달리다 lėkti galvotrūkčiais drāzties vēja ātrumā berlari pantas hollen storme/rase av gårde gnać, pędzić desatar a correr a alerga cât îl ţin picioarele броситься, ринуться uháňať dirjati juriti rusa, kuta วิ่งอย่างเร็ว hızla koşmak 迅猛前進 поспішати; кинутися بھاگنا chạy vắt chân lên cổ 迅猛前进

3 (of rain; sometimes also of hailstones) to fall very heavily You can't leave now – it's pelting (down). reën hard يَهْطُل المَطَر пера lít jako z konve, bubnovat styrte ned; vælte ned niederprasseln βρέχει καταρρακτωδώς llover a cántaros paduvihma sadama کوفتن؛ با شدت باریدن sataa kaatamalla tomber à seaux יוֹרֵד גֶשֶם חָזָק मूसलाधार बरसना (kiša)jako udarati zuhog hujan lebat dynja, steypast yfir; hellirigna scrosciare 激しく降る (억수같이) 퍼붓다 pliaupti, kristi grabināt, sisties hujan turun mencurah-curah kletteren, gieten pøse ned, piske bębnić saraivar a ploua (cu găleata) барабанить, стучать liať ako z krhly; bubnovať liti pljuštati vräka, piska กระหน่ำ yağmak (雨等)大降，下得很大 стукати, лити بوچھاڑ ہونا mưa như trút （雨等）大降，下得很大

at full pelt

(running) as fast as possible They set off down the road at full pelt. in dolle vaart, snel بأقْصى سُرْعَه с пълна скорост plným tryskem for fuldt drøn in voller Geschwindigkeit ολοταχώς a toda prisa täie hooga با سرعت تمام mahdollisimman lujaa à fond de train רִיצָה מְהִירָה पूरी गति juriti svom brzinom teljes iramban secepat-cepatnya á fullri ferð a tutta velocità まっしぐらに 전속력으로 galvotrūkčiais, visu greičiu vēja ātrumā dgn secepat-cepatnya in allerijl i full fart biec pędem a todo o vapor cu toată viteza со всех ног plnou rýchlosťou z vso naglico punom parom i full fart เร็วที่สุดเท่าที่จะทำได้ olabildiğince hızlı koşarak 盡速地，開足馬力 на повний хід جتني جلد ممکن ہو chạy vắt chân lên cổ 尽速地，开足马力