"pelting" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more pelting [comparative], most pelting [superlative]
Etymology: Related to paltry. Head templates: {{en-adj}} pelting (comparative more pelting, superlative most pelting)
  1. (obsolete) mean; paltry Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pelting-en-adj-Ep6FoTbE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 33 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 17 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 10 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: peltings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pelting (plural peltings)
  1. The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
    Sense id: en-pelting-en-noun-75X9RV6l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pelting
  1. present participle and gerund of pelt Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pelt
    Sense id: en-pelting-en-verb-z74zRwZa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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