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full pelt

UK/fʊl ˈpɛlt/

full pelt adverb: very quickly.

Adverb

full pelt (not comparable)

  1. Very quickly.
    • It's a good day off us anyhow, and they're all going south-west by south full pelt as hard as they can go.1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Battle of the North Atlantic”, in The War in the Air: […], London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, →OCLC, § 1, page 146

Forms of full pelt

alternative format full pelt

Origin of full pelt

From full + pelt (“act of moving quickly, rush”).

Words that rhyme with full pelt

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Questions about full pelt

What does full pelt mean?
Full pelt means very quickly.
What part of speech is full pelt?
Full pelt is an adverb.
How do you pronounce full pelt?
Full pelt is pronounced /fʊl ˈpɛlt/ (UK).

Words near full pelt in the dictionary

  1. full of the joys of spring
  2. full on
  3. full out
  4. full outer join
  5. full outer joins
  6. full pelt
  7. full pint
  8. full pints
  9. full point
  10. full points
  11. full price

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