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Definition of pelting

Overview of noun pelting

The noun pelting has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) rain, pelting

(anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults")

Overview of verb pelt

The verb pelt has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) pelt, bombard

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

2. (1) pepper, pelt

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

3. pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets

(rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat