barrel vs pelt

barrel

verb
  • To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner. 

  • To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels. 

  • To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards. 

noun
  • The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom. 

  • The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1). 

  • A waste receptacle. 

  • A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum. 

  • The ribs and belly of a horse or pony. 

  • A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended. 

  • A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case 

  • The hollow basal part of a feather. 

  • A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. 

  • A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment. 

  • Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus. 

  • Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.) 

  • A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play. 

pelt

verb
  • To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance. 

  • Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at. 

  • Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down. 

  • To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something). 

  • To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin. 

  • To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles. 

  • Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower. 

  • Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal. 

  • To bombard (someone or something) with missiles. 

  • To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult. 

noun
  • A blow or stroke from something thrown. 

  • A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag. 

  • The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification). 

  • The fur or hair of a living animal. 

  • The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning. 

  • Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair. 

  • A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower. 

  • An act of moving quickly; a rush. 

  • Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash. 

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