pelting 1 of 2

noun

Definition of peltingnext
as in whipping

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pelting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of pelt
1
as in scurrying
to proceed or move quickly pelted away when the cops arrived

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2
as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus

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3
as in pounding
to strike repeatedly pelted the other kids with pebbles

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pelting
  1. whipping
  2. pounding
  3. battering
  4. tossing
  5. lashing
  6. hiding
  7. beating
  8. hitting
Noun
  • The living room, with its massive sofa, offers a lovely area to cozy up with a film or book, and the property’s full kitchen—including a large center island—will make whipping up meals all the more enjoyable.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Prussia also issued an edict in 1794 that those who committed murder with the intention of being executed should not achieve their goal, but receive life imprisonment with regular whipping.
    Katrina Gulliver, JSTOR Daily, 13 Mar. 2023
Definition of whipping
Verb
  • Use It To Help Flatten Chicken Breasts Before pounding any meat to create cutlets, use wax paper in between it and your mallet to help avoid any unwanted stickiness and keep it in place.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Israel has been pounding Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon for days.
    Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of pounding
Noun
  • Wind gusts of over 100 miles per hours and record rainfall caused significant destruction in the Tampa Bay area, including the battering of the city’s famous ballpark in St. Petersburg.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The Gulf Coast has taken an outsized battering this season.
    NBC News, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of battering
Verb
  • To convince shoppers to recycle instead of tossing used clothing, Blue Jeans Go Green was designed to be convenient.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Last week, they were sentenced to 24 months and 20 months in a London prison respectively for tossing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers (1888) at London’s National Gallery in October 2022.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of tossing
Verb
  • Khaled stood atop their Citroen van, lashing down overstuffed suitcases with rope.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Khaled stood atop their Citroen van, lashing down overstuffed suitcases with rope.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of lashing
Verb
  • Further evidence is the fact that Amazon is bragging about, not hiding, season 2 viewership.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The footage captured a figure in a ski mask hiding in the shadows as an unsuspecting woman arrives at the bank and goes about withdrawing money from the ATM.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hiding
Noun
  • Meanwhile, New York was Jekyll and Hyde all year, taking really bad losses to Columbus and Utah but also taking big-time wins like their 3-1 beating of St Louis in MLP DC.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The indictment alleges Combs coerced and abused women for years, with the help of a network of associates and employees, while using blackmail and violent acts including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings to keep victims from speaking out.
    CBS News, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of beating
Verb
  • Bean and Smith were seen on video wrestling with Nichols and holding his arms, while also hitting him, but the jury was not convinced those actions amounted to civil rights violations.
    Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The compelling argument is the Yankees possess enough hitting to survive with Verdugo’s glove outweighing a bat that skidded for the most of the past three-plus months.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hitting
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