belting
noun
belt·ing ˈbel-tiŋ 
1
: belts
2
: material for belts
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web And the Backstreet Boys, a year shy of their 30th anniversary and returning to the road after more than two years away due to COVID-19 delays, put on a stellar, rapid-fire show of dancing, ballads and belting. 
Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2022 This is their first collaboration since the debut of their 2007 duet album Raising Sand, in which Plant took a slightly more mellow vocal approach in comparison to his infamous raw and powerful belting. oregonlive, 20 May 2022 As the youngest member flexed his monstrous belting range without faltering, excited gasps and yells would burst from the crowd. Natalie Morin, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2022 The staging itself was impressive, but Rodrigo’s vocal performance was enough of a draw on its own — from the tender opening notes to some massive belting toward the end. Ryan Reed, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2021 Urban looked overjoyed to be there, taking lead vocals on the first verse and setting the stage for H.E.R. — amazingly cool in a baggy purple shirt and shades — to chime in with her own guitar solos and effortless belting. Annie Zaleski, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2021 Tammy Faye, with her helium speaking voice and peppy gospel-tune belting—not to mention her clown-on-the-town makeup, which became more garish and extreme as the duo became richer—was lively and sugary and fun to mock. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 17 Sep. 2021 In fact, tropes and archetypes are the engines of this film, thinly sketched characters whose development seems to have been jettisoned for endless belting. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2021 Chung Ha’s voice, meantime, is one of the most versatile in K-pop, able to transition easily from delicate whisper notes and flirty come-ons, to full-out diva belting, singing effortlessly in Korean, English and Spanish. Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2021 See More
Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2022 This is their first collaboration since the debut of their 2007 duet album Raising Sand, in which Plant took a slightly more mellow vocal approach in comparison to his infamous raw and powerful belting. oregonlive, 20 May 2022 As the youngest member flexed his monstrous belting range without faltering, excited gasps and yells would burst from the crowd. Natalie Morin, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2022 The staging itself was impressive, but Rodrigo’s vocal performance was enough of a draw on its own — from the tender opening notes to some massive belting toward the end. Ryan Reed, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2021 Urban looked overjoyed to be there, taking lead vocals on the first verse and setting the stage for H.E.R. — amazingly cool in a baggy purple shirt and shades — to chime in with her own guitar solos and effortless belting. Annie Zaleski, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2021 Tammy Faye, with her helium speaking voice and peppy gospel-tune belting—not to mention her clown-on-the-town makeup, which became more garish and extreme as the duo became richer—was lively and sugary and fun to mock. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 17 Sep. 2021 In fact, tropes and archetypes are the engines of this film, thinly sketched characters whose development seems to have been jettisoned for endless belting. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2021 Chung Ha’s voice, meantime, is one of the most versatile in K-pop, able to transition easily from delicate whisper notes and flirty come-ons, to full-out diva belting, singing effortlessly in Korean, English and Spanish. Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1
belting 1 of 2
noun
as in hammering
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hammering
- whipping
- walloping
- thumping
- smashing
- thrashing
- pounding
- battering
- beating
- batting
- socking
- pummeling
- pelting
- bashing
- flogging
- clubbing
- bludgeoning
- mauling
- paddling
- licking
- buffeting
- attack
- assault
- battery
- cudgeling
- pummelling
- whaling
- cudgelling
- lacing
- tromping
- injury
- drubbing
- hurt
- riot
- pommeling
- pommelling
- onslaught
- detriment
- threat
- turbulence
- harm
- impairment
- frenzy
- rampage
- damage
- rupture
- fury
- revolt
- terror
- shock
- bulldozing
- upheaval
- rage
- browbeating
- outrage
- brutality
- outbreak
- tumult
- hectoring
- storm
- savagery
- bullying
- paroxysm
- barbarity
- maiming
- uproar
- violence
- crippling
- mutilation
- strong-arming
- foul play
- mayhem
- force
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonviolence
- pacifism
- pacificism
belting
2 of 2verb
1
as in hitting
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner belted the baseball out of the park Synonyms & Similar Words
- hitting
- punching
- slapping
- smacking
- banging
- knocking
- slamming
- clapping
- pounding
- striking
- whacking
- batting
- clipping
- cracking
- nailing
- thumping
- hammering
- swiping
- slugging
- kicking
- bopping
- walloping
- bashing
- rapping
- bobbing
- tapping
- swatting
- socking
- clouting
- clocking
- clobbering
- busting
- pushing
- tagging
- shoving
- boxing
- bludgeoning
- chopping
- pasting
- thwacking
- jabbing
- licking
- flicking
- slogging
- bumping
- zapping
- biffing
- smiting
- poking
- bonking
- stabbing
- whaling
- stroking
- battering
- mangling
- lashing
- beating
- pummeling
- cuffing
- peppering
- stamping
- pelting
- mauling
- bunting
- whipping
- bunging
- roughing
- scuffing
- slashing
- buffeting
- decking
- butting
- dumping
- pummelling
- lambasting
- thrashing
- creaming
- jostling
- hanging one on
- lacing
- prodding
- switching
- drubbing
- flooring
- clubbing
- kneeing
- pommeling
- conking
- sapping
- spearing
- sledgehammering
- flailing
- pommelling
- sledging
- flogging
- caning
- skulling
- leveling
- cudgeling
- levelling
- braining
- felling
- cudgelling
- knocking down
- beaning
- rabbit-punching
- bowling (down or over)
- sucker punching
2
as in wrapping
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt belted the little boy's pants tightly so they would stay up Synonyms & Similar Words
- wrapping
- bandaging
- circling
- girthing
- engirdling
- girding
- winding
- lashing
- looping
- taping
- girting
- banding
- enwinding
- engirding
- girdling
- trussing
- roping
- begirding
- swathing
- wiring
- cording
- enchaining
- wreathing
- tying up
- chaining
- shackling
- enwreathing
- tieing up
- enswathing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unwrapping
- unwinding
- untying
- unshackling
- ungirding
- untieing
- unlashing
- unbinding
3
as in lashing
to strike repeatedly belted the punching bag relentlessly Synonyms & Similar Words
- lashing
- pounding
- whipping
- licking
- hitting
- pelting
- battering
- hiding
- punching
- beating
- batting
- knocking
- slapping
- thumping
- smashing
- doing
- slamming
- attacking
- hammering
- spanking
- assaulting
- walloping
- chopping
- pummeling
- thrashing
- mauling
- storming
- bashing
- smacking
- clubbing
- switching
- bludgeoning
- slating
- whacking
- tanning
- flogging
- lathering
- paddling
- buffeting
- slogging
- raiding
- threshing
- boxing
- whopping
- lambasting
- pummelling
- basting
- whaling
- strapping
- cracking
- tromping
- currying
- belaboring
- lacing
- fibbing
- whapping
- drubbing
- swiping
- punching out
- birching
- swatting
- pommeling
- working over
- whupping
- socking
- rushing
- thwacking
- cuffing
- wounding
- clouting
- pommelling
- clobbering
- pasting
- busting
- beating up on
- flagellating
- assailing
- whamming
- bunging up
- lacerating
- leathering
- cudgeling
- caning
- whomping
- mangling
- cudgelling
- lamming
- scourging
- roughing (up)
- besetting
- horsewhipping
- goring
- mutilating
- messing (up)
- maiming
- laying on
- pistol-whipping
- cowhiding
- rawhiding
- blackjacking
- fustigating
- descending (on or upon)
- pouncing (on or upon)
- jumping (on)
4
as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly the boy went belting along on his skateboard Synonyms & Similar Words
- speeding
- driving
- zipping
- trotting
- flying
- rushing
- hurrying
- scurrying
- racing
- traveling
- chasing
- running
- blasting
- jumping
- scooting
- blowing
- buzzing
- darting
- ramming
- ripping
- travelling
- tearing
- stepping
- barreling
- bolting
- dashing
- bowling
- breezing
- hurling
- scuttling
- jogging
- blazing
- rustling
- whirling
- careering
- pelting
- rocketing
- hustling
- zooming
- haring
- barrelling
- nipping
- hurtling
- humping
- careening
- shooting
- galloping
- bundling
- motoring
- coursing
- jetting
- bustling
- whisking
- hastening
- highballing
- cannonballing
- hying
- hieing
- beating it
- bombing
- beetling
- sprinting
- scampering
- scudding
- scuffling
- making tracks
- whizzing
- flitting
- streaking
- shaking a leg
- accelerating
- stampeding
- stepping on it
- cracking (on)
- hotfooting (it)
- getting a move on
- overtaking
- outrunning
- outstripping
- arrowing
- quickening
- outpacing
- stepping out
- beelining
- fast-forwarding
- catching up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- creeping
- crawling
- dragging
- poking
- lingering
- strolling
- poking
- sauntering
- shuffling
- hanging (around or out)
- lagging
- ambling
- dawdling
- loitering
- lumbering
- dallying
- plodding
- tarrying
- decelerating
- dillydallying
- slowing (down or up)
- sincamas
- since
- since (the) year dot
- since (the) year one
- since that time
- since the year dot
- since the year one
- since then
- since time immemorial
- since when
- since year dot
- since year one
- sincer
- sincere
- sincerely
- sincereness
- sincerenesses
- sincerer
- sincerest
- sincerities
- sincerity
- sincest
- sinch
- sincipita
- sincipital