Pelting
adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
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
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."
Example
More examples"Here, with her hundred daughters, pale with dread, / poor Hecuba and all her female train, / as doves, that from the low'ring storm have fled, / and cower for shelter from the pelting rain, / crouch round the silent gods, and cling to them in vain."
Etymology
Related to paltry.