belt
verb/belt/
/belt/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they belt | /belt/ /belt/ |
| he / she / it belts | /belts/ /belts/ |
| past simple belted | /ˈbeltɪd/ /ˈbeltɪd/ |
| past participle belted | /ˈbeltɪd/ /ˈbeltɪd/ |
| -ing form belting | /ˈbeltɪŋ/ /ˈbeltɪŋ/ |
- belt somebody/something (informal) to hit somebody/something hard
- He belted the ball right out of the park.
- He belted her brother round the ear.
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- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal, British English) to move very fast synonym tear1
- A truck came belting up behind us.
- [transitive] belt something to fasten a belt around something
- The dress was belted at the waist.
- She belted the coat tightly round her.
- Her jacket was belted loosely at the waist.
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin, from Latin balteus ‘girdle’.
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