PELTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pelter mean? 

• PELTER (noun)
  The noun PELTER has 2 senses:

1. a heavy rain

2. a thrower of missiles

  Familiarity information: PELTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PELTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy rain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

cloudburst; deluge; downpour; pelter; soaker; torrent; waterspout

Hypernyms ("pelter" is a kind of...):

rain; rainfall (water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere)

Derivation:

pelt (rain heavily)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A thrower of missiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

the police were too busy to chase the pelters

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)