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   pelt

   /pelt/

   verb

   • 1. attack (someone) by repeatedly hurling things at them: "two little boys pelted him with rotten apples" Similar bombardshowerattackassailbatterpepperstraferakesweepenfiladeblitzthrow atrain something down onfire a broadside atarchaic:cannonadefusillade
   • ▪ repeatedly hurl (something) at someone or something: "he spotted four boys aged about ten pelting stones at ducks"
   • ▪ (of rain, hail, or snow) fall quickly and very heavily: "the rain was pelting down" Similar pourteemstreamrain cats and dogsrain hardinformal:bucket downcome down in stair rodsrain stair rods
   • ▪ run somewhere very quickly: "I pelted across the road" Similar runraceleapsprintdashrushspeedstreakshootwhizwhooshbuzzzoomflashblastchargestampedechasecareerbustlehareflywingkiteskitedivejumpskipscurryscudscutterscramblehurryhasteninformal:beltscootscorchtearzapzipwhipbombbucketshiftboogiehightailclipvulgar slang:drag/tear/haul assinformal, dated:cut along

   noun

   • 1. an act of hurling something at someone. archaic

   Word Origin late 15th century: of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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