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1. The material of which belts are made

1. Fasten with a belt
   "belt your trousers"
    
2. Sing loudly and forcefully
   - belt out
    
3. [informal] Hit hard
   "He belted his opponent";
   - 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]
    
4. [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, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal]

Derived forms: beltings

Type of: cloth, fabric, fasten, fix, go, hit, locomote, material, move, secure, sing, textile, travel

Antonym: unbelt

Part of: belt

Encyclopedia: Belting, Paul