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belt

UK/ˈbɛlt/ US/ˈbɛlt/ common informal
noun (6) verb (3)

noun

1.

endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

2.

a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

3.

an elongated region where a specific condition is found

  • “a belt of high pressure”
4.

a vigorous blow

  • “the sudden knock floored him”
  • “he took a bash right in his face”
  • “he got a bang on the head”
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5.

a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

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6.

the act of hitting vigorously

  • “he gave the table a whack”
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verb

1.
2.

deliver a blow to

  • “He belted his opponent”
3.

fasten with a belt

  • “belt your trousers”
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Origin

From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk belte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”), Faroese and Icelandic belti (“belt”).

Phrases

  • Adonis belt
  • ammo belt
  • ammunition belt
  • Apollo's belt
  • asteroid belt
  • bagel belt
  • banana belt
  • below the belt
  • belt down
  • belt out
  • belt up
  • belted l

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