Synonyms of pelts

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noun (1)

plural of pelt

as in blows

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blows
• punches
• thuds
• swipes
• thumps
• pounds
• hits
• slaps
• whacks
• licks
• strokes
• knocks
• bangs
• pokes
• spanks
• smacks
• clips
• hooks
• lashes
• beats
• chops
• bats
• socks
• belts
• hands
• claps
• slams
• cuffs
• welts
• swats
• haymakers
• whaps
• slugs
• thwacks
• stripes
• raps
• switches
• stingers
• lickings
• clouts
• fillips
• bops
• knees
• boxes
• kicks
• dabs
• cracks
• busts
• buffets
• biffs
• picks
• plumps
• whams
• bashes
• smashes
• hacks
• whops
• wallops
• douses
• beatings
• larrups
• swings
• shivers
• counter-blows
• counters
• counter-strokes
• whips
• counterstrokes
• counterpunches
• rights
• rabbit punches
• counterblows
• uppercuts
• lefts
• sucker punches
• body blows
• roundhouses
• batterings
• whippings
• knockdowns
• sidewinders
• thrashings
• crunchers
• pastings
• KOs
• bastinadoes
• right-handers
• kayos
• drubbings
• knockouts
• wallopings
• bastinades
• one-twos

pelts

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noun (2)

plural of pelt

as in furs

the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value

caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• furs
• leathers
• hides
• seals
• sheep
• beavers
• rabbits
• skins
• raccoons
• raccoon
• rabbit
• minks
• muskrats
• otter
• mink
• otters
• marten
• badgers
• martens
• racoon
• deerskins
• sealskins
• muskrat
• racoons
• sheepskins
• sables
• goatskins
• chinchillas
• chamois
• ermines
• fox
• foxes
• lambskins
• bearskins
• fleeces
• fishers
• calfskins
• pigskins
• snakeskins
• alligators
• cowhides
• buckskins
• rawhides
• horsehides
• crocodiles
• coonskins
• kidskins
• doeskins
• chamoix
• moutons
• Persian lambs
• suedes
• sharkskins
• patent leathers
• karakuls
• kolinskies
• cordovans
• moroccos

pelts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pelt

1

as in races

to proceed or move quickly

pelted away when the cops arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

• races
• rushes
• flies
• scurries
• zips
• speeds
• travels
• hurries
• drives
• chases
• trots
• jumps
• barrels
• blows
• runs
• darts
• rams
• tears
• bowls
• buzzes
• scoots
• hares
• dashes
• scuttles
• rips
• blasts
• bolts
• belts
• shoots
• bundles
• jets
• rustles
• steps
• humps
• motors
• zooms
• rockets
• breezes
• hustles
• cracks (on)
• whirls
• nips
• bombs
• courses
• hurls
• blazes
• jogs
• hies
• careers
• bustles
• beats it
• hastens
• hurtles
• cannonballs
• highballs
• whisks
• steps on it
• makes tracks
• beetles
• careens
• gets a move on
• shakes a leg
• gallops
• hotfoots (it)
• streaks
• scuds
• scampers
• flits
• stampedes
• arrows
• sprints
• whizzes
• accelerates
• scuffles
• outruns
• overtakes
• steps out
• catches up
• outstrips
• outpaces
• quickens
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeps
• pokes
• crawls
• drags
• hangs (around or out)
• lags
• lingers
• pokes
• loiters
• strolls
• tarries
• dallies
• dawdles
• saunters
• shuffles
• ambles
• lumbers
• slows (down or up)
• plods
• decelerates
• dillydallies

2

as in throws

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throws
• tosses
• hurls
• flings
• fires
• slings
• bowls
• launches
• casts
• guns
• pegs
• heaves
• catapults
• pitches
• dashes
• darts
• lofts
• chucks
• rifles
• lobs
• lets fly
• hurtles
• rolls
• hooks
• flips
• passes
• shoots
• precipitates
• projects
• thrusts
• bucks
• ejects
• propels
• impels

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as in hides

to strike repeatedly

pelted the other kids with pebbles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hides
• licks
• pounds
• lashes
• whips
• bats
• beats
• hits
• slaps
• punches
• knocks
• batters
• thumps
• mauls
• attacks
• does
• chops
• assaults
• smashes
• spanks
• paddles
• whales
• hammers
• raids
• tans
• belts
• slams
• boxes
• clubs
• bludgeons
• slates
• whaps
• pummels
• wounds
• bashes
• threshes
• curries
• bastes
• works over
• laces
• punches out
• switches
• wallops
• lathers
• thrashes
• storms
• whacks
• buffets
• flogs
• belabors
• swipes
• smacks
• drubs
• fibs
• lambasts
• slogs
• pommels
• lambastes
• roughs (up)
• socks
• cracks
• leathers
• birches
• tromps
• rushes
• whops
• swats
• messes (up)
• beats up on
• descends (on or upon)
• lams
• thwacks
• whups
• straps
• cuffs
• clouts
• jumps (on)
• pastes
• bungs up
• cudgels
• cowhides
• canes
• busts
• lays on
• whams
• lacerates
• flagellates
• scourges
• clobbers
• assails
• besets
• pounces (on or upon)
• horsewhips
• gores
• mutilates
• rawhides
• whomps
• maims
• blackjacks
• pistol-whips
• mangles
• fustigates