Pelt
noun
The fur or hair that covers an animal's body.
The pelt of an arctic fox is very warm.
Often appears as...
- to sell a pelt
- pelt of an animal
verb
To attack or bombard (someone) repeatedly and persistently with things.
She pelted him with questions.
Often appears as...
- pelt someone with questions
- pelt someone with objects
verb
To move or run very quickly.
We had to pelt down the street to catch the bus.
Often appears as...
- pelt down the street
- pelt towards a place
noun
The fur or hair that covers an animal's body.
The pelt of an arctic fox is very warm.
Often appears as...
- to sell a pelt
- pelt of an animal
verb
To attack or bombard (someone) repeatedly and persistently with things.
She pelted him with questions.
Often appears as...
- pelt someone with questions
- pelt someone with objects
verb
To move or run very quickly.
We had to pelt down the street to catch the bus.
Often appears as...
- pelt down the street
- pelt towards a place
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Pro Tip 1/3Animal Origin
Remember 'pelt' refers specifically to the fur still on the animal, not removed.
The luxurious pelt of that bear may only be admired in the wild.
Pro Tip 2/3Trade Context
Pelts are commonly discussed in context of hunting, trading, or fashion.
Trappers exchanged pelts for supplies at the trading post.
Pro Tip 3/3Quality Indicator
'Pelt' can suggest the quality or condition of the animal's fur.
A smooth, glossy pelt often indicates good health.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Origin
Remember 'pelt' refers specifically to the fur still on the animal, not removed.
The luxurious pelt of that bear may only be admired in the wild.
Pro Tip 2/3Trade Context
Pelts are commonly discussed in context of hunting, trading, or fashion.
Trappers exchanged pelts for supplies at the trading post.
Pro Tip 3/3Quality Indicator
'Pelt' can suggest the quality or condition of the animal's fur.
A smooth, glossy pelt often indicates good health.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Origin
Remember 'pelt' refers specifically to the fur still on the animal, not removed.
The luxurious pelt of that bear may only be admired in the wild.
Pro Tip 2/3Trade Context
Pelts are commonly discussed in context of hunting, trading, or fashion.
Trappers exchanged pelts for supplies at the trading post.
Pro Tip 3/3Quality Indicator
'Pelt' can suggest the quality or condition of the animal's fur.
A smooth, glossy pelt often indicates good health.
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Video examples
Peter Diamandis: Taking...
We valued it as the number of seal pelts we could kill. And then we discovered these things -- gold and oil and fishing and timber -- and it became, you know, a trillion-dollar economy, and now we take our honeymoons there. The same thing will happen in space. We are on the verge of the greatest exploration
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Colbert's Life in the...
valuable pelts brings a top price and not many people do but I try to eat a few otter now and then it's an incredibly intense dense meat but I'm a pretty intense dense would have been though at an age when most people retire frontiersman Colbert carves a life for
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Seal Sends Text Messages...
Victoria's text led ginny track how the little seal is adapting to her new surroundings the messages also help researchers learn more about this rare and elusive species in six months the cellphone will shed with Victoria's molting pelt from that point on our
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The Norse myth that...
and bound the gods. He decided he would let them go in exchange for gold, as was the custom, but only if they could fill the otter pelt with the finest gold until not even a hair was visible. Because of how the otter skin stretched,
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Trip to Trap PIPE Live Free...
a good place for me to say to travel this trapping is important to me this year even more than ever because the money that I gained from the pelts that I gather I used to buy new supplies and rebuild my cabin I want to put the trap
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Sir David Attenborough...
he began patrolling the beach at night to protect the turtles a brave thing to do we were met with tremendous resistance people would pelt us at night i have had persons um insult me and my heart person
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Saving Leatherback...
to protect the turtles a brave thing to do we were met with tremendous resistance people would pelt us at night i have had persons um insult me and my heart person cursed me or that person physically
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Relax With BBC Earth PIPE...
He began patrolling the beach at night to protect the turtles. A brave thing to do. We were met with tremendous resistance. People would pelt us at night, I have had persons insult me
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Arctic Fox Raids Polar...
picky summertime presents its own challenges this fox has shed its silky white winter coat for a more practical pelt it's modeled brown and yellow fur helps it
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Killer Ant Swarm...
at full pelt takes 45 minutes to run its length the soldiers protect the trail at any cost
Video examples
Peter Diamandis: Taking...
We valued it as the number of seal pelts we could kill. And then we discovered these things -- gold and oil and fishing and timber -- and it became, you know, a trillion-dollar economy, and now we take our honeymoons there. The same thing will happen in space. We are on the verge of the greatest exploration
Video examples
Colbert's Life in the...
valuable pelts brings a top price and not many people do but I try to eat a few otter now and then it's an incredibly intense dense meat but I'm a pretty intense dense would have been though at an age when most people retire frontiersman Colbert carves a life for
Video examples
Seal Sends Text Messages...
Victoria's text led ginny track how the little seal is adapting to her new surroundings the messages also help researchers learn more about this rare and elusive species in six months the cellphone will shed with Victoria's molting pelt from that point on our
Video examples
The Norse myth that...
and bound the gods. He decided he would let them go in exchange for gold, as was the custom, but only if they could fill the otter pelt with the finest gold until not even a hair was visible. Because of how the otter skin stretched,
Video examples
Trip to Trap PIPE Live Free...
a good place for me to say to travel this trapping is important to me this year even more than ever because the money that I gained from the pelts that I gather I used to buy new supplies and rebuild my cabin I want to put the trap
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
he began patrolling the beach at night to protect the turtles a brave thing to do we were met with tremendous resistance people would pelt us at night i have had persons um insult me and my heart person
Video examples
Saving Leatherback...
to protect the turtles a brave thing to do we were met with tremendous resistance people would pelt us at night i have had persons um insult me and my heart person cursed me or that person physically
Video examples
Relax With BBC Earth PIPE...
He began patrolling the beach at night to protect the turtles. A brave thing to do. We were met with tremendous resistance. People would pelt us at night, I have had persons insult me
Video examples
Arctic Fox Raids Polar...
picky summertime presents its own challenges this fox has shed its silky white winter coat for a more practical pelt it's modeled brown and yellow fur helps it
Video examples
Killer Ant Swarm...
at full pelt takes 45 minutes to run its length the soldiers protect the trail at any cost
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Quote examples
Hilary Farr
British Designer
Year after year, animal print, hides, fur, tusks et al find their way into the home as design elements in various spaces; not surprising, considering that the use of 'animalia' as decor in the home dates back centuries, when, to be fair, they didn't have the choice of faux and tended to eat the animals as well as enjoy their pelts.
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Tom Junod
American Journalist
A mob pelting pilloried wrongdoers with rotten vegetables would seem to have little in common with one doing the same with 140-character invective, except of course the most important thing: the belief that they are in the right, and are even doing good by making the object of their contempt feel really, really bad.
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Julie Plec
American Producer
Daily, I visualize the smart-ass troll who lives deep in my subconscious, and I pelt him with rainbows and unicorns. I fight a battle against my judgmental thoughts. And when an opportunity arises to gain acceptance or popularity at the expense of someone else, I zip it. It's not easy.
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Sandi Toksvig
British Writer
What I think is if the world is in some difficulty - about climate change, about economics - then we had better make sure that 100 per cent of every brain available on the planet is working at full pelt to try to sort these things out.
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Val Kilmer
American Actor
There was such a relationship between the buffalo and the American Indian - the Indians would eat them, live inside their pelts, use every part of the body. There was almost no separation between the people and the animals.
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Charlie Pierce
American Journalist
If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels.
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Ariel Helwani
Canadian Athlete
It's one thing to boo, but to actually pelt someone down below because you're upset a sporting event went a certain way is just so bizarre to me.
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Paresh Rawal
Indian Actor
If my son is not performing well, I would not pelt stone on him - this is not the way a Hindustani behaves.
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Oscar Isaac
Guatemalan Actor
I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.
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Andre Rieu
Dutch Musician
I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.
Quote examples
Hilary Farr
British Designer
Year after year, animal print, hides, fur, tusks et al find their way into the home as design elements in various spaces; not surprising, considering that the use of 'animalia' as decor in the home dates back centuries, when, to be fair, they didn't have the choice of faux and tended to eat the animals as well as enjoy their pelts.
Quote examples
Tom Junod
American Journalist
A mob pelting pilloried wrongdoers with rotten vegetables would seem to have little in common with one doing the same with 140-character invective, except of course the most important thing: the belief that they are in the right, and are even doing good by making the object of their contempt feel really, really bad.
Quote examples
Julie Plec
American Producer
Daily, I visualize the smart-ass troll who lives deep in my subconscious, and I pelt him with rainbows and unicorns. I fight a battle against my judgmental thoughts. And when an opportunity arises to gain acceptance or popularity at the expense of someone else, I zip it. It's not easy.
Quote examples
Sandi Toksvig
British Writer
What I think is if the world is in some difficulty - about climate change, about economics - then we had better make sure that 100 per cent of every brain available on the planet is working at full pelt to try to sort these things out.
Quote examples
Val Kilmer
American Actor
There was such a relationship between the buffalo and the American Indian - the Indians would eat them, live inside their pelts, use every part of the body. There was almost no separation between the people and the animals.
Quote examples
Charlie Pierce
American Journalist
If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels.
Quote examples
Ariel Helwani
Canadian Athlete
It's one thing to boo, but to actually pelt someone down below because you're upset a sporting event went a certain way is just so bizarre to me.
Quote examples
Paresh Rawal
Indian Actor
If my son is not performing well, I would not pelt stone on him - this is not the way a Hindustani behaves.
Quote examples
Oscar Isaac
Guatemalan Actor
I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.
Quote examples
Andre Rieu
Dutch Musician
I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt.
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