pelting
/ˈpɛltɪŋ/
noun
- The act of throwing things at someone or something, often repeatedly.
- The pelting of rotten tomatoes at the bad actor was a dramatic protest.
- The children's pelting of snowballs at each other filled the yard with laughter.
- During the festival, the pelting of flower petals is a traditional greeting.
- A heavy, continuous fall of rain, hail, or other precipitation.
- The pelting of hail damaged the car's roof.
- The constant pelting of sleet made the roads dangerously slick.
- We ran for cover as the pelting of rain began without warning.
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adjective
- Falling or striking very heavily and continuously, especially said of rain or hail.
- We could hear the pelting hail against the windows.
- She walked home through the pelting storm, soaked to the bone.
- The pelting rain forced everyone to stay indoors.
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