full pelt

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /fʊl ˈpɛlt/
Rhymes: -ɛlt

Adverb

full pelt (not comparable)

Very quickly.
- 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:
  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.

Alternative forms

at full pelt

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