belting
/ˈbɛltɪŋ/
belting adjective: very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially). Also the present participle and gerund of belt.
Adjective
belting (not comparable)
- Very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially)
- You'll have a belting time!
- She cooks belting good food.
Noun
belting (plural beltings)
- A beating with a belt.
- A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
- He said recent nail-biting finals had renewed interest in the end-of-season contests, after a series of one-sided beltings earlier this decade.2009 August 24, Matt Johnston, “Race for the eight as AFL finals approach”, in Herald Sun
- A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
- The material from which belts for machinery are made.
- The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice.
- I could hear you perfectly all the way in the back of the audience! I wish my belting were as good as yours.
- Traditionally belting was used by certain character roles in musicals, usually the funny, quirky or feisty female roles.2015, Gillyanne Kayes, Singing and the Actor, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 156
Proper noun capitalized: Belting
Belting (plural Beltings)
- A surname from German.
Also used as
belting is also the present participle and gerund of belt.
Examples of belting in a sentence
- The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
- Glasser has a Björkian gift for pairing airy melodies and occasional gale-force belting with polyrhythmic, electronics-dense beats.
- You frug away, belting out the lyrics with the rest of the mob.
Forms of belting
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | beltings |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Beltings |
Origin of belting
Borrowed from German Belting.
Words formed from belting
Phrases with belting
Words that rhyme with belting
Questions about belting
- What does belting mean?
- Belting means very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially).
- What part of speech is belting?
- Belting can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce belting?
- Belting is pronounced /ˈbɛltɪŋ/.
Words near belting in the dictionary
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