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PELTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thrower of missiles
Example:
the police were too busy to chase the pelters
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pelter" is a kind of...):
thrower (someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm))
Derivation:
pelt (attack and bombard with or as if with missiles)
pelt (cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A heavy rain
Synonyms:
cloudburst; deluge; downpour; pelter; soaker; torrent; waterspout
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("pelter" is a kind of...):
rain; rainfall (water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere)
Derivation:
pelt (rain heavily)
