pelting

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English

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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pelting

  1. present participle and gerund of pelt

Noun

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pelting (plural peltings)

  1. The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
    • 1830, Baptist Missionary Magazine, volume 10, page 88:
      [] the rain began to pour down in torrents, and we exposed our persons to the peltings of the shower rather than have our few books and remaining dry clothes injured.

Etymology 2

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Related to paltry.

Adjective

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pelting (comparative more pelting, superlative most pelting)

  1. (obsolete) mean; paltry

Anagrams

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