Meaning

3 senses

  1. (UK, intransitive)To fasten one's seat belt.

  2. (UK, colloquial, derogatory, imperative, intransitive, regional)To stop talking or chattering; to shut up.

    refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

  3. (slang, transitive)To beat up (someone).

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsbelted up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill belt up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
fasten one's seat belt:buckle up
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
shut up:belt out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
belowA1beltA2belugabemoanben
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