Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal, transitive)To sing (a song) loudly; to emit (music) loudly.

    He belted out Sweet Child of Mine at the karaoke.

    Lively show tunes being belted out by the pianist on the grand piano.

    sing loudly and forcefully

  2. (slang, transitive)To hit or strike (something).

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car.

    ruТом отстегнул ремень безопасности и вышел из машины. — marafon

    deTom löste den Gurt und verließ den Wagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom pulled into the driveway, unfastened his seat belt and got out of the car.

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  3. She belted out tune after tune at the karaoke bar.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

belts out, belting out, belted out, belted out
Base formbelt out · to belt out
3rd person singularbelts out
Present participlebelting out
Past simplebelted out
Past participlebelted out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybelt out
he, she, itbelts out

Past simpleLesson

all personsbelted out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave belted out
he, she, ithas belted out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill belt out

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
blareblare out
Close in meaning
  • sing loudly and forcefully:belt

Antonyms

1 antonyms
belt up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
belowA1beltA2belugabemoanben
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