to pelt
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5.5
- verb
- /pɛlt/
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- Sometimes it rains way up in the mountains, and muddy water comes pelting down.
- pelted rain
- pelted with hail
- pelted by sleet
Examples
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Seeing as it's pelting it down, a quick cuppa won't hurt.
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Rain pelted the roof of our station wagon.
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The rain was hard and pelting the tin roof of the shed.
Fiction book (1993) -
The rain was still pelting down, the sky nearly dark though it was only six o'clock.
Fiction book (1995) -
Making house calls in the middle of the night, driving through a blizzard, the wind howling, temperature way below zero, snow pelting down.
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Or perhaps it was to keep out the sound of the drizzling rain as it pelted my windscreen.
Fiction book (1995) -
Lt. Dan on the rigging shouts and shakes his fist as he is pelted by wind and rain.
Fiction book (1994) -
The rain pelted down heavily, drenching everyone waiting at the bus stop.
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As the storm intensified, raindrops pelted against the windows with great force.
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During the storm, hailstones pelted the ground, creating a loud and startling noise.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make liquid flow in a steady stream from a container
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5.9
To rain very hard
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6.5
To rain very hard
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8.4
To rain very heavily
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5.6
To pour a lot of water from the sky
Rain that falls very hard
To rain very heavily
To rain very heavily with water falling fast and hard
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How Heavy
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Etymology
The word pelt used for heavy rain comes from an old idea of 'striking' or 'beating', so you can imagine raindrops 'pelting' a window like tiny hits. That's why when it 'pelts' down the rain falls hard and forcefully.