Pelt
(verb)
- Throw or hurl missiles at (someone) repeatedly.
- Strike repeatedly with missiles.
Origin:
Old english - peltan, of germanic origin, related to dutch pelten and german pelzen.
Examples:
- The crowd pelted the speaker with tomatoes.
- The protesters pelted the police with stones.
- The children pelted each other with snowballs.
- The hail pelted the roof of the house.
- The wind was pelting the windows with rain.