pelt down

English

Verb

pelt down (third-person singular simple present pelts down, present participle pelting down, simple past and past participle pelted down)

1. (intransitive) To rain heavily; to sleet, snow or hail heavily.

Synonyms

(to rain heavily):

• bucket down
• chuck it down
• lash down
• pelt
• piss down
• pour
• pour down
• rain cats and dogs
• stream
• teem
• whip down