1. the skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it

1. to throw things at someone or something repeatedly and forcefully
2. to rain very heavily
3. to run very fast
Usage: informal

Examples

• The hunter sold the beaver pelt at the trading post.
• Children pelted the old building with snowballs.
• Angry protesters pelted the politician with rotten tomatoes.
• Rain pelted against the windows all night.
• The dog came pelting across the field toward us.
• She kept her grandmother’s fox pelt in the attic.
• Hail pelted the roof during the storm.