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pelt
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French pelette, diminutive of pel (“a skin”), from Latin pellis. Alternatively a contraction of peltry (“skins”) from the same Old French and Latin roots.Norwegian pels, Norwegian belte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
pelt (plural pelts)
- The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it.
- The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
- (humorous) Human skin.
- A scabby tetter on their pelts will stick
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Possible contraction of pellet
Verb
pelt (third-person singular simple present pelts, present participle pelting, simple past and past participle pelted)
- (transitive) To bombard, as with missiles.
- They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
- (transitive) To throw; to use as a missile.
- The children pelted apples at us.
- (intransitive) To rain or hail heavily.
- It's pelting down out there!
- (transitive) To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
- (intransitive) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
- The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To throw out words.
Translations
Noun
pelt (plural pelts)
- A blow or stroke from something thrown.
- 2013, Karen-Anne Stewart, Healing Rain (page 134)
- Kas is awakened by the furious pelts of rain hitting the tin roof, and he rolls over, pulling his sleeping wife tightly into his arms.
- 2013, Karen-Anne Stewart, Healing Rain (page 134)
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pelt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- -lept, lept, lept-
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
pelt
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of pellen
- (archaic) plural imperative of pellen
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skinwalker
English
Alternative forms
- skin-walker
Etymology
skin +? walker
Noun
skinwalker (plural skinwalkers)
- A person, in certain Native American mythologies, who can transform into any animal when wearing its pelt.
Related terms
- skinwalking
Translations
See also
- nahual
- narnauk
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