Pelting

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pelting
    n 1: anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain
         of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" [syn: {rain},
         {pelting}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pelt \Pelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pelted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pelting}.] [OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw,
   strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr.
   pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.]
   1. To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with
      pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with
      hail.
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            The chidden billows seem to pelt the clouds. --Shak.
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   2. To throw; to use as a missile.
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            My Phillis me with pelted apples plies. --Dryden.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pelting \Pel"ting\, a.
   Mean; paltry. [Obs.] --Shak.
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