pelting

Meaning of pelting

verb

To bombard, as with missiles.
They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
To throw; to use as a missile.
The children pelted apples at us.
To rain or hail heavily.
It's pelting down out there!
To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
To throw out words.

noun

The act by which somebody or something is pelted.

adjective

Mean; paltry

Information about pelting

The plural form of pelting is: peltings.
Languages in which pelting is used:
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Hyphenation of pelting

pelt-ing

It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
pelting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

pelting synonyms

Meaning rain:

Anagrams of pelting

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