Meaning & use
Pelting
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Striking someone or something repeatedly and forcefully, especially with thrown objects or heavy rain.
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Hail was pelting the tin roof so loudly we couldn't hear each other talk.
Protesters began pelting the car with eggs as it drove past.
A note on using this word
Often used to describe rain falling hard and fast, as in "pelting rain," where it functions almost like an adjective.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Falling very heavily and rapidly, especially of rain.
The rain was pelting down by the time we reached the car.
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