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belting

[bel-ting]

noun

  1. material for belts.

  2. belts collectively.

  3. Informal.a beating or thrashing.

  4. Obsolete.belt.



belting

/ ˈɛɪŋ /

noun

  1. the material used to make a belt or belts

  2. belts collectively

  3. informala beating

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. informalexcellent; first-class

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of belting1

First recorded in 1560–70; belt + -ing 1
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Pant announced his arrival by skipping and belting Stokes straight for four.

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She does her best Janis Joplin, belting out lyrics about waking up each morning and greeting the day — perhaps by getting high, perhaps by cathartic yells — and tries to find equilibrium.

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But the Dodgers needed just four batters to match that with Andy Pages belting a three-run homer, his ninth of the season, to dead center in the bottom of the inning.

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There he was, alone on the stage, belting out falsetto notes in his spangly jumpsuit, when suddenly, an electric guitar appeared out of thin air and landed in his hands.

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Betts had the key hit that inning, belting a double to center.

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