belt
see also: Belt
Pronunciation
Belt
Proper noun
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see also: Belt
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɛlt/
belt (plural belts)
- A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- a belt of trees; a belt of sand
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- the heavyweight belt
- (astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting.
- A quick drink of liquor.
- Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
- (usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt.
- (weapons) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon
- (band worn around waist) girdle, waistband, sash, strap
- (band used as safety restraint) restraint, safety belt, seat belt
- (powerful blow) blow, punch, sock, wallop
- (quick drink of liquor) dram, nip
- French: ceinture
- German: Gürtel
- Italian: cintura, cintola, cinghia
- Portuguese: cinto, cinta
- Russian: по́яс
- Spanish: cinturón, cincho (El Salvador), cinto (Cuba), correa (Colombia), faja (Costa Rica)
- French: ceinture
- German: Gurt
- Italian: cintura
- Portuguese: cinto
- Russian: по́яс
- Spanish: cinturón, cinturón de seguridad
- French: région
- German: Gürtel, Zone
- Italian: zona, regione, cintura
- Portuguese: cinturão
- Russian: по́яс
- Spanish: cinta
belt (belts, present participle belting; past and past participle belted)
- (transitive) To encircle.
- The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
- (transitive) To fasten a belt on.
- Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
- The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
- (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
- (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- The child was misbehaving so he was belted as punishment.
- (transitive) To scream or sing in a loud manner.
- He belted out the national anthem.
- (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- He belted down a shot of whisky.
- (transitive, slang) To hit someone or something.
- The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
- (intransitive) To move very fast
- He was really belting along.
- (to encircle) circle, girdle, surround
- (to fasten a belt) buckle, fasten, strap
- (to hit with a belt) strap, whip
- (to drink quickly) gulp, pound, slurp
- (to hit someone or something) bash, clobber, smack, wallop
- (to move quickly) book, speed, whiz, zoom
- Italian: allacciare
- Portuguese: cintar
- German: schmettern
Belt
Proper noun
- Surname
- A town in Montana
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