Pelt

• (verb) hurl missiles repeatedly at; “two boys pelted him with rotten apples”
• (verb) hurl (something) at someone or something; “she spotted four boys pelting stones at ducks”
• (of rain, hail, or snow) fall quickly and very heavily; “the rain was pelting down”
• (informal) run somewhere very quickly; “I pelted across the road”
• (Phrases) full pelt — as fast as possible; “I ran downstairs at full pelt”
• (noun) the skin of an animal with the fur, wool, or hair still on it; “traders brought reindeer pelts”
• (Phrases) in one’s pelt — naked.“they came across Henn, standing in his pelt by the river”

Pelt (पेलत / पलट / पेल्ट) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi meaning)

• झपटना, झोंकना, डालना, पीटना, फेंकना, मारना, फेंक कर मारना, ताबड़तोड़ भागना, मूसलाधार होना, तेज़ी से आगे बढ़ना, खाल, चमड़ा, चोट, मार, कच्चा चमड़ा, ताबड़तोड़ भागना, मूसलाधार होना, कूड़ा-कर्कट, फेंकने का कार्य

Pelt origin

• Middle English: either from obsolete pellet ‘skin’, from an Old French diminutive of pel ‘skin’, from Latin pellis ‘skin’, or a back-formation from peltry.

Pelt in a sentence (word usage in recent Hindu newspaper)

• Miscreants pelt stones on new Train 18 during trial run.
• Hailstorm, rain pelt down on rabi crops.
• New Zealand canoe hire shop housed Tassie tiger pelt worth $250000.
• Storms pelt Shaver Lake with snow and rain mix.
• An animal’s pelt can be affected by a number of environmental factors.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of pelt

• pelt – pelt stones

Pelt pronunciation