noun
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the material used to make a belt or belts
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belts collectively
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informal a beating
adjective
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Origin of belting
Example Sentences
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Eight months on from the England embarrassment, it was the Springboks squad belting out their celebration tune on an autumnal Saturday night in Cardiff.
From BBC
We were all like just belting our faces off.
From Salon
This was not a heroic Otello belting out his opening, “Esultate,” in the glory of having triumphantly landed his storm-tossed ship.
From Los Angeles Times
Idina Menzel, the actress and singer, delivered the commencement address, even belting out a few lines of a song from the musical “Rent.”
From Seattle Times
Imagine belting out a cover of a song - only to be joined by the lead singer of the original on-stage.
From BBC
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