pelt
noun
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body covering of a living animalโThe stoat had a beautiful ruby pelt.โhide
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the dressed hairy coat of a mammalโIn the 1920s, it was a status symbol to have a pelt around your neck.โfur
verb
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to attack and bombard with or as if with missilesโThey pelted the speaker with questions.โpepper
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to cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missileโThey pelted each other with snowballs.โbombard
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to rain heavilyโIt pelted all night.โstream