The word "pelting" means raining or striking something repeatedly and quickly, usually with force.
Sentences with «pelting»
Isn't it time to leave the game or do you like being Charlie Brown to Lucy Van Pelt with a football? (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
This week the team are roaming the New York dating scene with the romcom How to Be Single; losing their grip as they take in lousy cancer drama Freeheld; flying full pelt with grisly western Bone Tomahawk; and celebrating a serious, sensitive take on end - of - life care as Tim Roth plays a palliative nurse in Chronic (theguardian.com)
In 2006, Ray Pennings and Michael Van Pelt of Cardus think tank published a piece in Policy Options which stated that the previous governing party reflected an emerging Canadian polity that transcends «the current reality of Canadian diversity» that reflected «an aggressive rights - based polity that identifies with tolerance over definition.» (slaw.ca)