belt
noun
1. endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
Definition categories: man–made, loop
2. a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
Definition categories: man–made, accessory, accouterment, accoutrement
3. an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
- a belt of high pressure
Definition categories: location, part, region
4. a vigorous blow
Similar word(s): bang, bash, knock, smash
Definition categories: event, blow, bump
5. a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
Similar word(s): swath
Definition categories: object, course, path, track
6. ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
Definition categories: man–made, ammo, ammunition
7. the act of hitting vigorously
Similar word(s): knock, rap, whack, whang
Definition categories: act, blow
Sentences with belt as a noun:
- As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.
- Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
- The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.
- a belt of trees; a belt of sand
- After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting.
- Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
- That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt.
verb
1. sing loudly and forcefully
Definition categories: creation, sing
2. deliver a blow to
- He belted his opponent
Definition categories: contact, hit
3. fasten with a belt
- belt your trousers
Definition categories: contact, fasten, fix, secure
Sentences with belt as a verb:
- The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
- 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.
- The child was misbehaving so it was belted as punishment.
- He belted out the national anthem.
- He belted down a shot of whisky.
- The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
- He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
- He was really belting along.