verb
pelt
PELT/pelt/
To bombard someone or something with rapidly thrown objects.
The young men pelt the fence with snowballs, leaving repeated splashes of snow.
Etymology
The throwing sense developed from repeated striking. Its deeper origin is unknown and separate from the animal-skin noun.
In context
all these ads just just Pelt him in the face you know as he's walking down
More examples
- The angry crowd pelted the speaker with rotten tomatoes.
- Hail pelts the roof during the storm.
- Someone is pelting our window with pebbles.
Forms
pelt · pelts · pelted · pelting