Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pelt

~1 v 1 to attack someone by throwing a lot of things at them  (pelt sb with sth)  (The Senator was pelted with rotten eggs.) 2 it is pelting down/it is pelting with rain used to mean that it is raining very heavily 3 informal to run somewhere very fast + along/into/past etc  (Three huge dogs came pelting out into the street.) ~2 n 1 a) the skin of a dead animal with the fur or hair still on it b) the skin of a dead animal with the fur or hair removed and ready to be prepared as leather 2 the fur or hair of a living animal 3 (at) full pelt moving as fast as possible  (Nancy drove her car at full pelt down the road.)