pelt
To remove the skin fromTo remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
» Do not pelt your dog with stones, so the neighbors will not imitate you.
Bewirf deinen Hund nicht mit Steinen, damit die Nachbarn es dir nicht nachmachen. — Esperantostern
Не кидай каміння у свого собаку аби твої сусіди не наслідували цей приклад. — pinaxe
carlosalberto · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
14 senses(transitive)To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
(transitive)Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
(transitive)To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
The children are pelting each other with snowballs.
They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
beschießen, bombardieren
забра́сыватьzabrásyvatʹ, заброса́тьzabrosátʹ, заки́дыватьzakídyvatʹ
закидуватиzakyduvaty, закидатиzakydaty
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
(transitive)To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
(transitive)Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
(transitive)Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
The children pelted apples at us.
bewerfen
кидатиkydaty, жбурлятиžburljaty
(dialectal, transitive)To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
(figuratively, transitive)To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
(intransitive, transitive)Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
It’s pelting down out there!
gießen, niederprasseln, prasseln
барабанитиbarabanyty, стукатиstukaty
rain heavily
(figuratively, intransitive, transitive)To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
I pelted across to where my family was sitting.
The bus went pelting down the hill.
düsen, rasen, sausen
(obsolete, rare, transitive)To remove feathers from (a bird).
(also, archaic, figuratively, intransitive, transitive)Chiefly followed by at: to bombard someone or something with missiles continuously.
Examples
11 sentencesDo not pelt your dog with stones, so the neighbors will not imitate you.
Не кидай каміння у свого собаку аби твої сусіди не наслідували цей приклад. — pinaxe
deBewirf deinen Hund nicht mit Steinen, damit die Nachbarn es dir nicht nachmachen. — Esperantostern
Miroslav’s car was pelted with spit.
The audience booed and pelted them with rotten tomatoes.
ruЗрители их освистали и забросали гнилыми помидорами. — Wezel
deDas Publikum buhte sie aus und warf mit faulen Tomaten. — freddy1
He tossed his guest a question as soft as a chinchilla pelt.
The only one who really needs an ocelot pelt is the ocelot itself.
deDer einzige, der einen Ozelotpelz wirklich braucht, ist der Ozelot selbst. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
The noun is inherited from Middle English pelt (“skin of a sheep, especially without the wThe noun is inherited from Middle English pelt (“skin of a sheep, especially without the wool”); further etymology uncertain, possibly:
The verb is derived from Late Middle English pelt, pelte; further origin uncertain, probably a variant of Late Middle English pilten (“to push, thrust; to strike; to cast down, humble; to incite, induce; to place, put; to extend, reach forward with”) [and other forms], possibly from Old English *pyltan, from Late Latin *pultiare, from Latin pultāre (“to beat, knock, strike”), the frequentative of pellere, the present active infinitive of pellō (“to drive, impel, propel, push; to hurl; to banish, eject, expel, thrust out; to beat, strike; to set in motion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat; to drive, push”).
Uncertain; possibly related to palter (“to talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions; to haggle; to babble, chatter; (rare) to trifle”), further etymology unknown. The Oxford English Dictionary takes the view that any relation to pelting (“mean, paltry”) (obsolete) and paltry (“of little value, trashy, trivial; contemptibly unimportant, despicable”) is unlikely.
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Forms
pelts, pelting, pelted, peltedSynonyms
61 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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