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belt
bɛlt Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a strip of leather or other material worn, typically round the waist, to support or hold in clothes or to carry weapons.
    E.g. he tightened his leather belt an extra notch
  • a continuous band of material used in machinery for transferring motion from one wheel to another.
    E.g. a great wheel driven by a leather belt
  • a strip or encircling area that is different in nature or composition from its surroundings.
    E.g. the asteroid belt
  • a heavy blow.
    E.g. she administered a good belt with her stick
verb
  • fasten with a belt.
    E.g. she belted her raincoat firmly
  • hit (someone or something) hard.
    E.g. she belted him over the head with her racquet
  • rush or dash in a specified direction.
    E.g. he belted out of the side door
  • gulp (a drink) quickly.
    E.g. cocktails should be sipped and savoured, not belted down

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