Overview of noun pelting

The noun pelting has 1 sense

• rain, pelting -- (anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults")

Overview of verb pelt

The verb pelt has 3 senses

• pelt, bombard -- (cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs")


• pepper, pelt -- (attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions")


• pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets -- (rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!")