Meanings
adverbfull pelt (not comparable)
alternative at full pelt
- not comparableVery 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
Origin
From full + pelt (“act of moving quickly, rush”).
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APA
full pelt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20pelt
MLA
“full pelt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20pelt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “full pelt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20pelt.
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