fɜː(ɹ) fɝ pɛlt ˈpɛpə ˈpɛpɚ skɪn stɹiːm attack and bombard with or as if with missiles pelt the speaker with questions cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile They pelted each other with snowballs body covering of a living animal rain heavily Put on your rain coat — it's pouring outside! the dressed hairy coat of a mammal