Pelt — synonyms, definition

1. pelt (Noun)

fell fleece fur hair hide pelage rawhide shag skin stroke wool

pelt (Noun) — The dressed hairy coat of a mammal.

pelt (Noun) — Body covering of a living animal.

animal skin body covering Otter astrakhan bearskin beaver beaver fur chinchilla ermine fox lambskin lapin leopard mink muskrat muskrat fur rabbit raccoon racoon sable seal sealskin • • •

2. pelt (Verb)

batter beat belabour bombard bucket chuck chuck it down hit knock lambaste pepper piss piss down pound pour pummel rain buckets rain cats and dogs stream strike • • •

pelt (Verb) — Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile. ex. "They pelted each other with snowballs"

pelt (Verb) — Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles. ex. "pelt the speaker with questions"

pelt (Verb) — Rain heavily. ex. "Put on your rain coat-- it's pelting outside!"

assail attack rain rain down throw wing egg lapidate sheet sluice sluice down snowball