1
as in scurrying
to proceed or move quickly
pelted away when the cops arrived
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2
as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus
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3
as in pounding
to strike repeatedly
pelted the other kids with pebbles
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as in whipping
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Recent Examples of pelting
Helen Regan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Rain starts pelting down, and everyone rushes to pull rain covers over packs and stuff sticky arms in rain jackets.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
The Gallagher brothers have spent the better part of the past 15 years pelting each other with insults.
—Alex Edelman, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The inappropriate item missed the court, instead pelting the child in the leg, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
One video taken by Bradley Smith showed pea-sized hail pelting his pickup and windows as the storm moved through Westfield.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
Further north, footage filmed by a resident showed ferocious gusts of wind pelting tall trees in the Batanes province.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Rain starts pelting down, and everyone rushes to pull rain covers over packs and stuff sticky arms in rain jackets.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
The Gallagher brothers have spent the better part of the past 15 years pelting each other with insults.
—Alex Edelman, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The inappropriate item missed the court, instead pelting the child in the leg, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
One video taken by Bradley Smith showed pea-sized hail pelting his pickup and windows as the storm moved through Westfield.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pelting
Verb
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Normally, the hours and days before the prospect of a shutdown on Capitol Hill are filled with scenes of lawmakers and aides scurrying about to negotiate possible settlements.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
30 Sep. 2025
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After scurrying through passengers, the scared kitten ended up in the arms of New York native Betsaida Mercado, who picked up the feline and took her home.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Country music artist Morgan Wallen initially denied throwing a chair off the roof of Nashville bar Chief’s in 2024, according to police video footage obtained by The Associated Press.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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In April 2024, Wallen was arrested after throwing a chair off the sixth-story roof of Eric Church’s new bar and honky-tonk, Chief’s, in downtown Nashville.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Layered with live jazz and pounding percussion from experimental duo Robin Schulkowsky and Joey Baron, the result gave Hedda an extra pulse.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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My heart was pounding in my chest and in my ears.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pour whipping cream over candies.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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Both states punished people who returned after being removed for violating vagrancy laws by public whipping.—
Time,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Pedestrians are hurrying past to find their places on Fifth Avenue, but the girls have a different kind of readiness about them.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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That's why Amazon shoppers are hurrying to grab a soft and fluffy comforter for fall.—
Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Fans of the United States team took to hurling personal insults and obscenities toward the European golfers as the Americans fell behind in the scoring.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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During the speech, however, Kemp periodically deviated from building up Astra to hurling insults at several of his competitors in the launch industry.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In fact, the mischievous pup led his owner directly to the scene of the crime by licking his lips constantly, which seemed awfully curious.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Bear 856 is also a large, male brown bear, who is easily identifiable to park rangers due to the animal's unusual habit of licking his lips — a behavior not typically observed in brown bears.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Most of the smashing is done by Tamburlaine, a Scythian shepherd by birth, who rises to the peaks of power, lays waste to one kingdom after another, and has the temerity, at the climax of Part 1, not to die.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Pelting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pelting. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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