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1 pelt
I [pelt]at full pelt a tutta velocità, a rotta di colloII 1. [pelt]verbo transitivo bersagliare2.to pelt sb. with — colpire qcn. con una raffica di [ stones]
2) colloq. (run) correre a rotta di colloIII [pelt]* * *[pelt]1) (to throw (things) at: The children pelted each other with snowballs.) lanciare, colpire2) (to run very fast: He pelted down the road.) precipitarsi3) ((of rain; sometimes also of hailstones) to fall very heavily: You can't leave now - it's pelting (down).) scrosciare•* * *I [pɛlt]1. vtthey pelted him with questions — lo hanno tempestato or bombardato di domande
2. vi1)2)II [pɛlt] n(
fam: go fast) she pelted across the road — ha attraversato sparata la strada(of animal) pelliccia, pelle f* * *pelt (1) /pɛlt/n.pelt (2) /pɛlt/n.3 [u] impeto; velocità● at full pelt, a tutta velocità; a rotta di collo.(to) pelt /pɛlt/A v. t.1 attaccare, colpire (scagliando qc.); bersagliare; tempestare2 lanciare, scagliareB v. i.1 ( spesso to pelt down) battere insistentemente; picchiare; scrosciare: The rain is pelting down, piove a catinelle2 affrettarsi; precipitarsi● to pelt sb. with questions, tempestare q. di domande □ to pelt sb. with stones, lapidare q. □ pelting rain, pioggia a dirotto; pioggia a catinelle □ It's pelting ( with rain), viene giù a catinelle.* * *I [pelt]at full pelt a tutta velocità, a rotta di colloII 1. [pelt]verbo transitivo bersagliare2.to pelt sb. with — colpire qcn. con una raffica di [ stones]
2) colloq. (run) correre a rotta di colloIII [pelt]
См. также в других словарях:
Pelting — Pel ting, a. Mean; paltry. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pelting — [pel′tiŋ] adj. [prob. < obs. pelt, to haggle, akin ? to PALTRY] Archaic mean; miserly; paltry … English World dictionary
Pelting — Pelt Pelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pelted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pelting}.] [OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.] 1. To strike with something… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pelting — adj. Pelting is used with these nouns: ↑rain … Collocations dictionary
pelting — Everyday English Slang in Ireland v throwing objects or pelting with rain … English dialects glossary
pelting — noun anything happening rapidly or in quick successive (Freq. 1) a rain of bullets a pelting of insults • Syn: ↑rain • Derivationally related forms: ↑pelt • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pelting — adjective Etymology: probably from English dialect pelt piece of trash Date: 1540 archaic paltry, insignificant … New Collegiate Dictionary
pelting — peltingly, adv. /pel ting/, adj. Archaic. paltry; petty; mean. [1530 40; perh. dial. pelt rags, rubbish (akin to Dan pjalt rag) + ING2. See PALTRY] * * * … Universalium
pelting — pelt n. fur; animal hide v. throw, cast, project … English contemporary dictionary
pelting — n. Beating, battering … New dictionary of synonyms
pelting — pelt·ing … English syllables