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4-letter words (2 found)

LEPT,PELT,

3-letter words (6 found)

ELT,LEP,LET,PEL,PET,TEL,

2-letter words (4 found)

EL,ET,PE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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All 4 letters words made out of pelt

pelt eplt plet lpet elpt lept petl eptl ptel tpel etpl tepl plte lpte ptle tple ltpe tlpe eltp letp etlp telp ltep tlep

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Definitions and meaning of pelt

pelt

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /pɛlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Middle English pelt (“skin of a sheep, especially without the wool”); further etymology uncertain, possibly:

  • from Middle English pellet (“skin of an animal, especially a sheep”), from Anglo-Norman pelette, pellet, and Old French pelete, pelette (“thin layer, film, skin; epidermis; foreskin”), from pel (“skin; garment made of animal skin, pelisse”) (from Latin pellis (“animal skin, hide, pelt; leather; garment made of animal skin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover; to wrap; hide; skin; cloth”)) + -ete (diminutive suffix); or
  • from Late Latin peletta, pelleta, pelletta (“skin of an animal, especially a sheep”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

pelt (plural pelts)

  1. The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
  2. (also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
  3. The fur or hair of a living animal.
  4. (chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
  5. (obsolete)
    1. A garment made from animal skins.
    2. (falconry) The body of any quarry killed by a hawk; also, a dead bird given to a hawk for food.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
  • peltmonger
  • pelt of the dog
  • pelt rot
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Verb

pelt (third-person singular simple present pelts, present participle pelting, simple past and past participle pelted) (transitive)

  1. To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
  2. Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
  3. (obsolete, rare) To remove feathers from (a bird).
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Etymology 2

The verb is derived from Late Middle English pelt, pelte; further origin uncertain, probably a variant of Late Middle English pilten (“to push, thrust; to strike; to cast down, humble; to incite, induce; to place, put; to extend, reach forward with”) [and other forms], possibly from Old English *pyltan, from Late Latin *pultiare, from Latin pultāre (“to beat, knock, strike”), the frequentative of pellere, the present active infinitive of pellō (“to drive, impel, propel, push; to hurl; to banish, eject, expel, thrust out; to beat, strike; to set in motion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat; to drive, push”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

pelt (third-person singular simple present pelts, present participle pelting, simple past and past participle pelted)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
      Synonyms: bethwack; see also Thesaurus:hit
    2. To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
    3. Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
    4. Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
      Synonym: cockshy
    5. (archaic except British, dialectal) To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
    6. (figuratively) To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
    2. (figuratively) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
    3. (archaic, also figuratively) Chiefly followed by at: to bombard someone or something with missiles continuously.
    4. (obsolete) To throw out harsh words; to show anger.
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Hyponyms
  • brick (verb)
  • stean, stone (verb)
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Noun

pelt (plural pelts)

  1. A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
  2. (archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
  3. (figuratively)
    1. (archaic except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.
    2. (archaic except Midlands, Southern England (South West)) A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.
  4. (chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.
Derived terms
  • full pelt, at full pelt
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Etymology 3

Uncertain; possibly related to pelting (“mean, paltry”) (obsolete), peltry (“rubbish, trash; an unpleasant thing”) (chiefly Scotland, obsolete), and paltry (“of little value, trashy, trivial; contemptibly unimportant, despicable”), possibly from a Germanic language such as Middle Low German palte, palter (“cloth; rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth; rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“patch; rag, scrap”). The ultimate origin is uncertain, but the word is possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *polto- (“cloth”).

Noun

pelt (plural pelts) (archaic except Kent, Scotland)

  1. A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
  2. (by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
Related terms
  • peltry
  • paltry
  • pelting
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Etymology 4

Uncertain; possibly related to palter (“to talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions; to haggle; to babble, chatter; (rare) to trifle”), further etymology unknown. The Oxford English Dictionary takes the view that any relation to pelting (“mean, paltry”) (obsolete) and paltry (“of little value, trashy, trivial; contemptibly unimportant, despicable”) is unlikely.

Verb

pelt (third-person singular simple present pelts, present participle pelting, simple past and past participle pelted)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To bargain for a better deal; to haggle.

Etymology 5

A variant of pelta, borrowed from Latin pelta, from Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē, “small crescent-shaped leather shield of Thracian design”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps either from Thracian, or ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover; to wrap; hide; skin; cloth”).

Noun

pelt (plural pelts)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Alternative form of pelta
    1. (historical) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
    2. (botany) A flat apothecium with no rim.

References

Further reading

  • fur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • pelt (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pelt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • -lept, lept, lept-

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Pronunciation

Verb

pelt

  1. inflection of pellen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Source: wiktionary.org