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Pelting
adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 mean; paltry obsolete
"I pray you, let us see you in the field; We have had pelting wars since you refused The Grecians' cause."
Noun
- 1 The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
"[…] the rain began to pour down in torrents, and we exposed our persons to the peltings of the shower rather than have our few books and remaining dry clothes injured."
- 2 anything happening rapidly or in quick successive wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of pelt form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Related to paltry.
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