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belt out

belt out
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [belt out]
    • /bɛlt aʊt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [belt out]
    • /bɛlt aʊt/

Definitions of belt out words

  • phrasal verb belt out If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly. 3
  • verb belt out to sing loudly or emit (sound, esp pop music) loudly 3
  • noun belt out a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist. 1
  • noun belt out any encircling or transverse band, strip, or stripe. 1
  • noun belt out an elongated region having distinctive properties or characteristics: a belt of cotton plantations. 1
  • noun belt out Machinery. an endless flexible band passing about two or more pulleys, used to transmit motion from one pulley to the other or others or to convey materials and objects. 1

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Origin of belt out

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English; compare Old High German balz; both < Latin balteus; see balteus

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Belt out

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

belt out popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for belt out

verb belt out

  • serenade — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
  • chant — A chant is a word or group of words that is repeated over and over again.
  • warble — to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
  • whistle — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • shout — to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.

Antonyms for belt out

verb belt out

  • conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • mumble — to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
  • hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
  • refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
  • withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.

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