pelting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
    rain.
    • a rain of bullets
    • a pelting of insults
  2. verb cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
    bombard; pelt.
    • They pelted each other with snowballs
  3. verb attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
    pelt; pepper.
    • pelt the speaker with questions
  4. verb rain heavily
    rain cats and dogs; pelt; rain buckets; stream; pour.
    • Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!

WordNet


Pel"ting adjective
Definitions
  1. Mean; paltry. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913