n. & v.
--n.
1. a small compressed ball of paper, bread, etc.
2 a pill.
3 a a small mass of bones, feathers, etc. regurgitated by a bird of prey. b a small hard piece of animal, usu. rodent, excreta.
4 a a piece of small shot. b an imitation bullet for a toy gun.
--v.tr. (pelleted, pelleting)
1. make into a pellet or pellets.
2 hit with (esp. paper) pellets.
Derivatives:
pelletize v.tr. (also -ise).
Etymology: ME f. OF pelote f. L pila ball