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pelt

Definition

  • noun: a usually undressed skin with its hair, wool, or fur
  • verb: to repeatedly hit (someone or something) with things thrown from a distance
  • verb: to strip off the skin or pelt of (an animal)
  • verb: to strike with a succession of blows or missiles
  • often + 'with'
  • synonyms: throw, strike, pepper

Examples

  • The boys 'pelted' the building 'with' rocks.

  • The children came 'pelting' down the street.

  • Rain 'pelted' the windowpanes.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) To the boat, son. Move, move, move. Leave the forest, leave the forest ... ...to the boat. Hawk! Hawk, hawk! Grab some pelts! Come on, grab the pelt! Grab the pelt. Come on. Come on. Get this to my little girl. You're coming with us I'm gettin' help ... Lean on me, just get ... Glass! (..)
    2015 The Revenant
  • (..) Calm. Oh shit! God shit me more. - Hey you seen coulter? - No. Listen up! When them pelts is clean... I want you to wrap 'em up real tight. Remember, we're not doin' no pelt bales... We're doin' pelt bales. - Fitzgerald. - Captain. - Where are we with the haul? What are you thinking? Well... (..)
    2015 The Revenant