Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belt out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: belt out
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sing (a song) loudly; to emit (music) loudly.

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To hit or strike (something).

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"He belted out Sweet Child of Mine at the karaoke."
"Lively show tunes being belted out by the pianist on the grand piano."
"The jukebox belted out tunes from the fifties, and waiters shouted food orders to the cooks behind the enormous steel counter."
"Each and every chant from the Red Wall's burgeoning repertoire was belted out as England's fans - who vastly outnumbered the Welsh - gave it back with some gusto."

Usage

Inflected Forms

belts out (present, singular) belting out (participle, present) belted out (participle, past) belted out (past)

Synonyms

blare blare out belt

Antonyms

belt up

Questions

What does belt out mean?: To sing (a song) loudly; to emit (music) loudly.

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