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belt noun [ bɛlt ]

• a strip of leather or other material worn, typically round the waist, to support or hold in clothes or to carry weapons.
• "he tightened his leather belt an extra notch"
Similar: girdle, sash, strap, cummerbund, waistband, band, girth, obi, zone, baldric, cincture, ceinture, cestus, cingulum,
• a continuous band of material used in machinery for transferring motion from one wheel to another.
• "a great wheel driven by a leather belt"
Similar: band, loop, hoop, thong, drive belt, fan belt, conveyor belt,
• a strip or encircling area that is different in nature or composition from its surroundings.
• "the asteroid belt"
Similar: region, area, district, zone, sector, province, quarter, pocket, enclave, territory, neighbourhood, locality, tract, stretch, extent, neck of the woods, parts, patch,
• a heavy blow.
• "she administered a good belt with her stick"
Similar: blow, punch, smack, crack, slap, bang, thump, knock, rap, thwack, box, clout, clip, clobber, bash, biff, whack, wallop, sock, swipe, lam, whomp, slosh, boff, bust, slug, whale, dong, buffet,

belt verb

• fasten with a belt.
• "she belted her raincoat firmly"
Similar: fasten, tie, bind, encircle, gird, encompass, circle,
• hit (someone or something) hard.
• "she belted him over the head with her racquet"
• rush or dash in a specified direction.
• "he belted out of the side door"
Similar: speed, hurry, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whirl, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble, pelt, tear, hotfoot it, zap, zip, whip, scoot, scorch, burn rubber, go like a bat out of hell, bomb, bucket, shift, put one's foot down, go like the clappers, leg it, wheech, clip, boogie, hightail, barrel, lay rubber, get the lead out, fleet, post, hie, drive, drag/tear/haul ass,
Opposite: amble, stroll,
• gulp (a drink) quickly.
• "cocktails should be sipped and savoured, not belted down"
Origin: Old English, of Germanic origin, from Latin balteus ‘girdle’.

below the belt

• disregarding the rules; unfair.
"she said one of them had to work; Eddie thought that was below the belt"

belt and braces

• (of a policy or action) providing double security, by using two means to the same end.
"the envelope was sealed with tape and staples, a real belt and braces job"

tighten one's belt

• cut one's expenditure; live more frugally.
"she said the poor must tighten their belts"

under one's belt

• safely or satisfactorily achieved, experienced, or acquired.
"he now has almost a year as minister under his belt"

belt down

• (of rain) fall hard.
"rain belted down on the tin roof"

belt out

• sing or play a song loudly and forcefully.
"she belted out classics for half an hour"

belt up

• be quiet.
"for God's sake, belt up"



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