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pelt

How to use pelt in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for pelt.

Editorial note

Nope, they just pelt our host as a scare tactic.

Examples16
Definitions5
Parts of speech2

Quick take

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pelt gathered in one view.

noun

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

noun

body covering of a living animal

verb

cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pelt.

noun

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

noun

body covering of a living animal

verb

cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"

verb

attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"

verb

rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

Example sentences

1

Nope, they just pelt our host as a scare tactic.

2

I'll have friends over that are displeased with X, and I just pelt them with questions.

3

Its hot, cold, windy, the rain lashes at you, and the snow and sleet pelt you at high velocity.

4

Not only are they outcasts in their communities, but even children will pelt them with rocks.

5

If your Spanish is good enough, you can just pelt them with derogative stuff as they seem to like the insult.

6

It's because of the lack of stuff going on between Gecko and the hardware, meaning things like JavaScript can run at full pelt.

7

I have never heard, nor can I locate via Google, any similar idiom using the word "pelt".

8

If I develop an RSI and a doctor tells me it was by a matter of a hundred keystrokes, I'm coming for Ballmer's pelt.

9

As I understand it they'll always need barge landings for the Falcon Heavy core?Maybe they're just itching to get a success on their pelt.

10

As some one who works in central London it is not going to stop nutters on fix wheeled bikes riding at full pelt through clusters of pedestrians is it though?

11

> no amount of education can change the basics of human natureWhen was the last time you saw someone nail a cat's tail to the ground and pelt it with rocks?

12

I am not a competitive cyclist but remove the hair on my legs with a depilator in the Spring because my leg pelt retains too much heat in the Summer.

13

That screenshot was to point out that when changing from "automatic" to "custom", there was no difference ie the setting Google's automatic setting settled on was "full pelt".

14

They would already be cleaned of feathers or pelt and emptied of viscera, so it would be a simple exercise of cutting into pieces, separating meat from bones, and so on - literal hacking.

15

Actually, most of the article is listing these conditions.> Its hot, cold, windy, the rain lashes at you, and the snow and sleet pelt you at high velocity.> Wind is perhaps the most formidable force trees face at that elevation.

16

Even this understanding is somewhat strained - so the problem is police thinks they should be extremely tough to citizens and always suspect they are violent and up to no good - and to prove them wrong, lets burn our city down, destroy local businesses and pelt the police with rocks and firebombs?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pelt in a sentence?

Nope, they just pelt our host as a scare tactic.

What does pelt mean?

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

What part of speech is pelt?

pelt is commonly used as noun, verb.