What is the meaning of pelt?

noun

• The dressed hairy coat of a mammal.
  • synonyms: fur
• Body covering of a living animal.
  • synonyms: hide, skin

verb

• Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile.
  • usage: "They pelted each other with snowballs"
  • synonyms: bombard
• Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles.
  • usage: "pelt the speaker with questions"
  • synonyms: pepper
• Rain heavily.
  • usage: "Put on your rain coat- it's pouring outside"
  • synonyms: pour, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets