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belt out

belt out verb: to sing (a song) loudly; to emit (music) loudly.

Verb

belt out (third-person singular simple present belts out, present participle belting out, simple past and past participle belted out)

  1. (informal, transitive) To sing (a song) loudly; to emit (music) loudly.
    • He belted out Sweet Child of Mine at the karaoke.
    • Lively show tunes being belted out by the pianist on the grand piano.
  2. (slang, transitive) To hit or strike (something).

Synonyms of belt out

Antonyms

Forms of belt out

third-person singular presentbelts out
present participlebelting out
past participlebelted out
pastbelted out

Questions about belt out

What does belt out mean?
Belt out means to sing (a song) loudly; to emit (music) loudly.
What part of speech is belt out?
Belt out is a verb.
What is the past tense of belt out?
The past tense of belt out is belted out.

Words near belt out in the dictionary

  1. belt highway
  2. belt loop
  3. belt loops
  4. belt of the crozier
  5. belt of Venus
  6. belt out
  7. belt printer
  8. belt printers
  9. belt purse
  10. belt purses
  11. belt sander

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