Adjective: belted bel-tidVerb: belt belt
- Fasten with a belt
"belt your trousers"
- [informal] Hit hard
"The teacher beltd the boy";
- sock [informal], bop [informal], whop [informal], whap [N. Amer, informal], bonk [informal], bash [informal], clonk [informal], boink [N. Amer, informal], whack [informal], wham [informal], wallop [informal], lamp [UK, informal], clock [UK, informal]
- Sing loudly and forcefully
"The singer belted out the chorus";
- belt out [informal]
- [informal] Move or travel very quickly
"He belted along down the hall to receive his guests";
- rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, hurry, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal], whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal]
See also: banded, belt-fed, beltlike, belt-like
Type of: fasten, fix, go, hit, locomote, move, secure, sing, travel
Encyclopedia: Belted, Buckled and Booted
Belt, North Holland