belt

Nouns

  • (n) endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
  • (n) a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
  • (n) an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
    • a belt of high pressure
  • (n) a vigorous blow
    • the sudden knock floored him
    • he took a bash right in his face
    • he got a bang on the head
    bang, bash, smash, knock,
  • (n) a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) swath,
  • (n) ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun belt ammunition, belted ammunition,
  • (n) the act of hitting vigorously
    • he gave the table a whack
    whang, whack, knock, rap,

Verbs

  • (v) sing loudly and forcefully belt out,
  • (v) deliver a blow to
    • He belted his opponent
  • (v) fasten with a belt
    • belt your trousers

Synonyms

belt out bang bash smash knock swath belt ammunition belted ammunition whang whack rap

Antonyms

unbelt

Words of close approximity

bell
bed bee beg Bel ben bet bey
bead beak beam bean bear beat beau beck Beda Bede beef beep beer beet bell bema bend bent berg berk berm Bern best beta beth bevy
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