pelting
present participle ofpelt
pelt
verb
uk/pelt/us/pelt/peltverb(THROW)
[T]
tothrowanumberof thingsquicklyat someone or something:
Wesawrioters peltingpolicewithbricksandbottles.
to throw something
- throwThe kids were outside throwing snowballs at each other.
- tossShe tossed the keys into her bag and went out.
- chuckHe read the letter and chucked it into the bin.
- flingHe crumpled up the letter and flung it into the fire.
- hurlIn a fit of temper he hurled the book across the room.
- lobThe boys spent an hour lobbing stones into the lake.
Throwing
- arm
- cast
- flick
- fling
- heave
- hurl
- outpitch
- overhand
- peg
- pelt
- sling
- stone
- thread
- throw
- throwsomethingin
- toss
- underarm
- underhand
- wang
- whang
peltverb(RUN)
[I+ adv/prep]informal
torunfast:
Thechildrenpelted down thebank.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
Idiom
pelt (down)
Examplesofpelting
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
However, in our experience maturation rates of oocytes from prepubertal and breeding vixens taken during thepeltingseason did not differ significantly (data not shown).
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I think he visualised a case when it was as black as pitch andpeltingwith rain.
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Quite obviously, the railways are smoother and more economic, than a number of lorriespeltingabout along the roads.
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Work went on irrespective of the weather, all day and all night, through thepeltingrain.
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In my view, to those who believed in them, sanctions originally made sense only if they achieved the object ofpeltingthe negotiators round a table.
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I looked around apeltingplace where the machinery used to remove the fat from the inside of the skin—a piece of equipment with an extremely limited life—cost almost £20,000.
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On race day, it rained heavily, and the weather was dreadful with the track full of water and the rainpeltingdown.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some fans beganpeltinghim and his group with eggs, vegetables, and various debris for six straight minutes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His long lean body, arms reaching up and, pressing into thepeltingrain, echoed the long lines of the skyscrapers behind him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Patrons beganpeltingthe police with donuts and coffee cups.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the world of obscurity in which the child lived in, the alternated silence of waterpelting, sounds and animal calls was all he knew.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The place was full of drunks who were yelling andpeltingme with beer cups, he says.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was a low-scoring affair due to the freezing rainpeltingthe field for much of the game.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Early shows consisted ofpeltingthe audience with items like dry ice, meat, blood and insects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This was greeted with intense booing and apeltingof un-ripe bananas by members of the audience.
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