pelting

Related to pelting: pelting down

pelt (someone or something) with (something)

To throw a lot of something at someone or something very forcefully. The group of boys pelted John with snowballs. The protestors began pelting the courthouse with rotten fruit and vegetables.
See also: pelt

pelt down

To come down from the sky very forcefully and in great amounts. The rain has been pelting down for almost a week straight! I'm surprised our car wasn't damaged from the way that hail was pelting down.
See also: down, pelt
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pelt down (on someone or something)

[for something] to fall down on someone or something hard or in quantity. (Typically rain, hail, sleet, stones, etc.) The rain pelted down on the children as they ran to their school bus. The ashes from the volcanic eruption pelted down on the town, covering the houses in a gray shroud.
See also: down, pelt
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • a slew of (something)
  • a slue of (something)
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
  • accompany
References in periodicals archive
We love stone pelting even to celebrate our festivals also!
Kashmiri Schizophrenia
He will starve to death but he is pelting stones for his nation and there is a need to understand this," he added.
Abdullah glorifies protesters ''
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the firebrand separatist leader was one such Kashmir leader who joined issue with those holding opposite view and "justified pelting of police and Indian paramilitary forces by mobs" which has become a routine post-Friday prayer affair in summer capital Srinagar.
Stone pelting becomes contentious in Kashmir
The images were convincing enough to persuade several former skeptics that some new type of water-bearing object is pelting Earth's atmosphere.
Is Earth pelted by space snowballs?
Even some known PDP supporters are indulging in stone- pelting now, but no action has been taken against them.
2 sons guard India but 3rd on the run for stone- pelting
The forum Spokesman, Ayaz Akbar, in a statement issued in Srinagar said,"The nature of the stone pelting is not the same every time and everywhere, but often in reaction.
Police create disturbance as trap to arrest youth: Forum
The mobs grew restless and the miscreants among them began pelting stones at vehicles passing in front of the collector's office.
Tension grips two more cities in Maharashtra
"But the behaviour of teenagers in the borough did not help pave the way for true trick or treaters who had doors shut in their face or unopened because of the egg pelting."
Gangs play dirty tricks
Summary: Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): At least five officials of the Cantonment Board were injured due to stone pelting incident during an anti-encroachment drive here on Thursday, police said.
5 govt officials injured due to stone pelting during anti-encroachment drive in Meerut
SHERWAN -- A case has been lodged against 80 people in Abbottabad's Sherwan police station for pelting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Food Minister Qalandar Khan Lodhi's vehicle with stones.
Case against 80 people lodged for stoning KP food minister's convoy
And it seems either out of fun or for the sake of camaraderie they got involved in the stone pelting," the police officer said.
' Imported' stonepelters worry J& K cops
As a result of baton charge, the displaced persons resorted to stone pelting at Police and also put truck on fire.
27 injured during food distribution among IDPs at Bannu
THE stone- pelting youths of Kashmir have got a job offer from an unexpected quarter.
Army opens its doors to Valley's stone- pelters
The riot- hit area remained by and large peaceful, save for a few stone- pelting incidents.
Ten injured as violence spreads in Hyderabad
'Bagwal' stone pelting festival is held every year at the temple of goddess Barahi Devi on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
Over 120 injured in 'Bagwal' stone pelting festival in Uttarakhand