Synonyms of pelt

pelt 1 of 3

noun (1)

as in blow

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

• blow
• thump
• slap
• punch
• thud
• hit
• pound
• swipe
• knock
• whack
• stroke
• lick
• smack
• poke
• bang
• beat
• spank
• slam
• lash
• clip
• clap
• chop
• hook
• slug
• plump
• bat
• belt
• swat
• sock
• smash
• kick
• crack
• thwack
• stripe
• switch
• welt
• cuff
• bash
• pick
• box
• bop
• biff
• haymaker
• wallop
• dab
• licking
• rap
• fillip
• bust
• buffet
• clout
• stinger
• hack
• pounding
• douse
• beating
• knee
• whap
• wham
• hand
• swing
• larrup
• whop
• left
• shiver
• counter
• whipping
• counterstroke
• counterblow
• whip
• thrashing
• right
• hammering
• pummeling
• body blow
• sucker punch
• battering
• roundhouse
• flogging
• uppercut
• knockdown
• pummelling
• rabbit punch
• one-two
• counterpunch
• knockout
• cudgelling
• bastinado
• KO
• cruncher
• sidewinder
• bludgeoning
• drubbing
• pasting
• clobbering
• cudgeling
• walloping
• kayo
• bastinade
• right-hander
• lambasting

pelt

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noun (2)

ˈpelt 

as in fur

the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value

caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fur
• leather
• hide
• beaver
• seal
• sheep
• skin
• raccoon
• rabbit
• badger
• otter
• mink
• marten
• racoon
• muskrat
• sealskin
• ermine
• chinchilla
• sheepskin
• bearskin
• fox
• fleece
• deerskin
• sable
• chamois
• pigskin
• goatskin
• fisher
• doeskin
• karakul
• horsehide
• alligator
• rawhide
• coonskin
• calfskin
• buckskin
• snakeskin
• kidskin
• crocodile
• Persian lamb
• cowhide
• lambskin
• sharkskin
• suede
• patent leather
• mouton
• kolinsky
• morocco
• cordovan

pelt

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verb

1

as in to scurry

to proceed or move quickly

pelted away when the cops arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scurry
• race
• rush
• hurry
• speed
• fly
• trot
• chase
• drive
• travel
• zip
• jump
• run
• dart
• blow
• scuttle
• scoot
• tear
• ram
• hare
• rip
• hurl
• dash
• buzz
• blast
• bolt
• shoot
• bowl
• step
• barrel
• zoom
• rocket
• rustle
• bundle
• blaze
• belt
• breeze
• hump
• jet
• jog
• course
• hasten
• hurtle
• crack (on)
• motor
• hie
• whirl
• beat it
• hustle
• career
• get a move on
• nip
• bomb
• whisk
• highball
• gallop
• careen
• make tracks
• cannonball
• bustle
• shake a leg
• step on it
• hotfoot (it)
• beetle
• scamper
• streak
• flit
• stampede
• accelerate
• scud
• sprint
• outrun
• step out
• scuffle
• whiz
• catch up
• overtake
• quicken
• whizz
• outstrip
• arrow
• outpace
• beeline
• fast-forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• drag
• crawl
• poke
• hang (around or out)
• linger
• poke
• lag
• tarry
• loiter
• dawdle
• stroll
• lumber
• saunter
• amble
• shuffle
• plod
• slow (down or up)
• decelerate
• dillydally
• dally

2

as in to throw

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

• throw
• hurl
• toss
• fling
• sling
• fire
• launch
• cast
• heave
• chuck
• let fly
• lob
• catapult
• pitch
• dart
• dash
• hurtle
• gun
• peg
• bowl
• loft
• rifle
• flip
• roll
• precipitate
• thrust
• eject
• shoot
• pass
• hook
• propel
• project
• buck
• impel

3

as in to hide

to strike repeatedly

pelted the other kids with pebbles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hide
• lick
• pound
• lash
• whip
• beat
• slap
• hit
• thump
• punch
• knock
• bat
• attack
• batter
• assault
• maul
• do
• smash
• pummel
• tan
• chop
• spank
• bludgeon
• slam
• whale
• slate
• raid
• hammer
• lather
• paddle
• birch
• bash
• punch out
• curry
• belt
• drub
• smack
• flog
• club
• work over
• wound
• wallop
• lambaste
• box
• thrash
• whack
• lace
• lambast
• storm
• buffet
• rough (up)
• pommel
• swipe
• baste
• switch
• whap
• slog
• thresh
• whup
• whop
• leather
• crack
• fib
• tromp
• belabor
• beat up on
• swat
• clobber
• bung up
• thwack
• rush
• mess (up)
• descend (on or upon)
• assail
• cudgel
• sock
• cowhide
• strap
• paste
• cane
• lay on
• clout
• lam
• horsewhip
• jump (on)
• cuff
• beset
• lacerate
• flagellate
• pounce (on or upon)
• rawhide
• scourge
• bust
• whomp
• wham
• maim
• mutilate
• gore
• blackjack
• pistol-whip
• mangle
• fustigate

Examples of pelt in a Sentence

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Noun

In addition to Hollanders were Belgium Walloons, Germans, Scandinavians and Africans — both free and enslaved — working, and drinking, themselves to exhaustion or trading for lucrative beaver pelts or bear skins with the area’s indigenous tribes. —Michael Tubridy, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024

When the production is at full pelt, everything works in thrilling sync. —David Benedict, Variety, 19 July 2024

The tiny ferret-like creatures, also known as pine martens, were hunted to near extinction for their pelts. —Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2024

Starting in the 19th century, though, eager to meet demand for koala pelts from clothing makers abroad, settlers hunted so many of the marsupials that they were eventually driven to near extinction, particularly in the south. —Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024