pelter
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Is pelter a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (sometimes figurative) A pelting; a shower of missiles, rain, anger, etc.figurativelysometimes
2. (dated) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.dated
verb (English)
1. (dialect or nonstandard) To pelt.Examples: "A person is "peltered" when he is subjected to a shower of stones, a shower of hail-stones, or a shower of anything. "Naay, gi'e ower peltering — one at a time! that's enew.""; "Suddenly Iliin's machine-gun started rattling, peltering the columns, and a second machine-gun followed suit, whilst the Cossacks opened a continuous fire from all sides, seconded by the third, fith and second squadrons."; "Chips as big as dinner plates were flying across the lawn and peltering the house like a gang of boys stoning telephone insulators."dialectalnonstandard
Definition source: Wiktionary