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- [pelt]
- /pɛlt/
- /pelt/
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- [pelt]
- /pɛlt/
Definitions of pelt word
- verb with object pelt to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles. 1
- verb with object pelt to throw (missiles). 1
- verb with object pelt to drive by blows or missiles: The child pelted the cows home from the fields. 1
- verb with object pelt to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc. 1
- verb with object pelt to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows: The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days. 1
- verb without object pelt to strike blows; beat with force or violence. 1
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Origin of pelt
First appearance:
before 1490 One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1490-1500; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pelt
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pelt popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pelt usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pelt
noun pelt
- aril — an appendage on certain seeds, such as those of the yew and nutmeg, developed from or near the funicle of the ovule and often brightly coloured and fleshy
- carapace — A carapace is the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs.
- cutes — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- cutis — the vertebrate skin, including both of its layers, the dermis and the epidermis
- derma — beef or fowl intestine used as a casing for certain dishes, esp kishke
verb pelt
- bam — a hoax, deception, cheating
- bamming — a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- barraging — Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
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