belt
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈbelt 
1
a
: a strip of flexible material worn especially around the waist as an item of clothing or a means of carrying something (such as tools)
b
: a similar article worn as a corset or for protection or safety or as a symbol of distinction
2
: a continuous band of tough flexible material for transmitting motion and power or conveying materials
3
a
: an area characterized by some distinctive feature (as of culture, habitation, geology, or life forms)
especially : one suited to a particular crop
the corn belt
b
: asteroid belt
4
: beltway sense 1
belted
ˈbel-təd
adjective beltless
ˈbelt-ləs
adjective belt
2 of 3verb
belted; belting; belts
transitive verb
1
a
: to encircle or fasten with a belt
b
: to strap on
2
a
: to beat with or as if with a belt : thrash
b
: strike, hit
3
: to mark with a band
4
: to sing in a forceful manner or style
belting out popular songs
5
: to drink quickly
belted down a shot of whisky
intransitive verb
1
: to move or act in a speedy, vigorous, or violent manner
2
: to sing loudly
belt
3 of 3noun (2)
1
: a jarring blow : whack
2
: drink
a belt of gin
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- ceinture
- cincture
- cummerbund
- cumberbund
- girdle
- sash
- self-belt
Verb
- bang
- bash
- bat
- biff
- bludgeon
- bob
- bonk
- bop
- box
- bust
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clock
- clout
- crack
- hammer
- hit
- knock
- nail
- paste
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slog
- slug
- smack
- smite
- sock
- strike
- swat
- swipe
- tag
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- whack
- whale
- zap
Noun (2)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- biff
- blow
- bop
- box
- buffet
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- haymaker
- hit
- hook
- knock
- larrup [dialect]
- lash
- lick
- pelt
- pick
- plump
- poke
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slug
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stinger
- stripe
- stroke
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- thud
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whop
- whap
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Example Sentences
Verb His bathrobe was loosely belted. He belted the ball down the fairway. Some drunk got mad and threatened to belt me.
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German balz belt; both from Latin balteus belt
Verb
Middle English belten, derivative of belt belt entry 1
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Noun (2)
1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing belt
Kids Definition
belt 1 of 2
noun
ˈbelt
1
: a strip of flexible material (as leather or cloth) worn around a person's body for holding in or supporting something (as clothing or weapons) or for ornament
2
: a flexible endless band running around wheels or pulleys and used for moving or carrying something
a fan belt on a car
3
: a region suited to or producing something or having some special feature
the corn belt
a storm belt belt
2 of 2verb
belted; belting
1
: to put a belt on or around
He belted the child into the car seat.
2
: to hit hard
The batter belted the ball over the fence.
3
: to sing in a loud and forceful way
belt out a song
belts 1 of 3
noun (1)
1
as in punches
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument delivered a shattering belt to the rock with a hammer Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- punches
- blows
- thumps
- hits
- thuds
- clips
- pounds
- hooks
- slaps
- strokes
- cuffs
- swipes
- spanks
- beats
- knocks
- whacks
- licks
- bangs
- claps
- socks
- stripes
- switches
- pokes
- pelts
- slams
- smacks
- hands
- knees
- chops
- raps
- boxes
- clouts
- welts
- kicks
- haymakers
- buffets
- bats
- stingers
- fillips
- cracks
- biffs
- lashes
- hacks
- slugs
- swings
- thwacks
- picks
- bops
- lickings
- swats
- whams
- smashes
- busts
- wallops
- plumps
- bashes
- counters
- whips
- dabs
- beatings
- whops
- douses
- larrups
- counterstrokes
- rights
- lefts
- counterblows
- whaps
- counter-strokes
- sidewinders
- roundhouses
- counterpunches
- body blows
- counter-blows
- uppercuts
- whippings
- batterings
- rabbit punches
- shivers
- thrashings
- sucker punches
- knockdowns
- knockouts
- bastinadoes
- crunchers
- bastinades
- wallopings
- pastings
- one-twos
- drubbings
- kayos
- right-handers
- KOs
2
as in drinks
the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time he knocked back a belt of whiskey before leaving Synonyms & Similar Words
- drinks
- sips
- nips
- gulps
- slugs
- swallows
- snorts
- drafts
- swigs
- sups
- drops
- shots
- swills
- drags
- quaffs
- drams
belts
2 of 3noun (2)
1
as in sashes
a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist a drugstore cowboy who loves his fancily decorated belt Synonyms & Similar Words
- sashes
- ribbons
- girdles
- cummerbunds
- waistbands
- cinctures
- loops
- self-belts
- ceintures
- bandoliers
- baldrics
- rings
- bands
- cumberbunds
- circles
- obis
- bandoleers
- cesti
- Sam Browne belts
2
as in parts
a broad geographical area that part of the country is sometimes called "the farm belt" because of the number of farms there Synonyms & Similar Words
- parts
- necks
- regions
- lands
- tracts
- zones
- corridors
- districts
- territories
- domains
- realms
- terrains
- latitudes
- ranges
- vicinities
- neighborhoods
belts
3 of 3verb
1
as in clips
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner belted the baseball out of the park Synonyms & Similar Words
- punches
- clips
- hits
- claps
- bangs
- slaps
- slams
- pounds
- knocks
- smacks
- strikes
- cracks
- bats
- boxes
- nails
- whacks
- clocks
- hammers
- tags
- socks
- swipes
- kicks
- taps
- clouts
- raps
- thumps
- bludgeons
- jabs
- slugs
- chops
- licks
- bobs
- thwacks
- bashes
- pastes
- flicks
- whales
- cuffs
- shoves
- bops
- pushes
- wallops
- swats
- busts
- bumps
- pokes
- laces
- bonks
- stabs
- biffs
- pommels
- zaps
- strokes
- peppers
- knees
- beats
- pelts
- smites
- clobbers
- butts
- mauls
- stamps
- buffets
- whips
- slogs
- batters
- bungs
- canes
- decks
- pummels
- spears
- mangles
- slashes
- hangs one on
- roughs
- clubs
- skulls
- switches
- dumps
- sledgehammers
- scuffs
- sledges
- floors
- prods
- creams
- levels
- lashes
- jostles
- beans
- bunts
- flails
- drubs
- knocks down
- conks
- cudgels
- brains
- fells
- saps
- flogs
- thrashes
- sucker punches
- rabbit-punches
- bowls (down or over)
- lambasts
- lambastes
2
as in wraps
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt belted the little boy's pants tightly so they would stay up Synonyms & Similar Words
- wraps
- girths
- bandages
- girts
- circles
- tapes
- bands
- engirds
- loops
- girdles
- engirdles
- ropes
- cords
- begirds
- trusses
- wires
- enwinds
- girds
- chains
- winds
- ties up
- shackles
- lashes
- enchains
- swathes
- enswathes
- enwreathes
- wreathes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unties
- unwraps
- ungirds
- unwinds
- unbinds
- unlashes
- unshackles
3
as in pounds
to strike repeatedly belted the punching bag relentlessly Synonyms & Similar Words
- pounds
- licks
- whips
- hides
- pelts
- lashes
- beats
- punches
- batters
- hits
- bats
- thumps
- attacks
- does
- assaults
- laces
- pommels
- hammers
- slaps
- spanks
- paddles
- knocks
- boxes
- clubs
- mauls
- slates
- chops
- smashes
- slams
- switches
- tans
- raids
- bludgeons
- buffets
- straps
- storms
- curries
- punches out
- works over
- whales
- threshes
- pummels
- bashes
- birches
- wallops
- thrashes
- lathers
- flogs
- cuffs
- bastes
- wounds
- fibs
- socks
- belabors
- smacks
- leathers
- whacks
- bungs up
- cracks
- slogs
- swipes
- drubs
- beats up on
- whops
- clouts
- canes
- whups
- lambastes
- whaps
- pastes
- cudgels
- tromps
- horsewhips
- thwacks
- rushes
- lams
- lambasts
- swats
- roughs (up)
- cowhides
- blackjacks
- flagellates
- whams
- rawhides
- busts
- scourges
- clobbers
- gores
- messes (up)
- lays on
- lacerates
- assails
- besets
- descends (on or upon)
- pistol-whips
- whomps
- jumps (on)
- fustigates
- mangles
- mutilates
- maims
- pounces (on or upon)
4
as in zips
to proceed or move quickly the boy went belting along on his skateboard Synonyms & Similar Words
- zips
- races
- speeds
- drives
- travels
- flies
- bolts
- bowls
- rushes
- scurries
- trots
- jumps
- hurries
- motors
- barrels
- chases
- darts
- buzzes
- rams
- scoots
- runs
- blows
- jets
- steps
- rips
- tears
- dashes
- rockets
- pelts
- humps
- bundles
- courses
- blasts
- careers
- whirls
- zooms
- rustles
- bustles
- nips
- cannonballs
- shoots
- blazes
- jogs
- highballs
- bombs
- scuttles
- breezes
- beats it
- hies
- whisks
- hustles
- hurls
- hares
- hurtles
- shakes a leg
- beetles
- hastens
- makes tracks
- cracks (on)
- careens
- gallops
- steps on it
- streaks
- hotfoots (it)
- scuffles
- gets a move on
- arrows
- scuds
- stampedes
- sprints
- flits
- scampers
- whizzes
- accelerates
- steps out
- outpaces
- overtakes
- outruns
- outstrips
- beelines
- quickens
- catches up
- fast-forwards
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- crawls
- drags
- pokes
- lags
- strolls
- hangs (around or out)
- pokes
- creeps
- lingers
- loiters
- shuffles
- tarries
- dawdles
- dallies
- saunters
- dillydallies
- ambles
- decelerates
- plods
- lumbers
- slows (down or up)