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pelt1
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verb
1‘they pelted him with snowballs’
SYNONYMS
bombard, shower, attack, assail, batter, pepper, strafe, rake, sweep, enfilade, blitz
throw at, rain something down on, fire a broadside at
archaic cannonade, fusillade
2‘the rain was now pelting down’
SYNONYMS
pour, teem, stream
rain cats and dogs, rain hard
British informal bucket down, come down in stair rods, rain stair rods
3‘they pelted into the factory’
SYNONYMS
run, race, leap, sprint, dash, rush, speed, streak, shoot, whizz, whoosh, buzz, zoom, flash, blast, charge, stampede, chase, career, bustle, hare, fly, wing, kite, skite, dive, jump, skip, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble, hurry, hasten
informal belt, scoot, scorch, tear, zap, zip, whip
British informal bomb, bucket, shift
North American informal boogie, hightail, clip
North American vulgar slang drag ass, haul ass, tear ass
informal, dated cut along
pelt2
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noun
1‘a man who used to hunt otters for their pelts’
SYNONYMS
skin, hide, fleece, coat, fur, fell
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