pelting

(noun) anything happening rapidly or in quick successive. Synonyms: rain. Examples: "A rain of bullets." "A pelting of insults."

(verb) cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile. Synonyms: pelt, bombard. Example: "They pelted each other with snowballs."

(verb) attack and bombard with or as if with missiles. Synonyms: pepper, pelt. Example: "Pelt the speaker with questions."

(verb) rain heavily. Synonyms: pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets. Example: "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!."