The rain pelted down on the children as they ran to their school bus.
•The ashes from the volcanic eruption pelted down on the town, covering the houses in a gray shroud.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pelt — I UK [pelt] / US verb Word forms pelt : present tense I/you/we/they pelt he/she/it pelts present participle pelting past tense pelted past participle pelted 1) [transitive] to throw objects with force at someone or something pelt… … English dictionary
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