Meanings
present singular third person belts out · participle present belting out · participle past belted out · past belted out
- informaltransitiveTo sing (a song) loudly; to emit (music) loudly.
He belted out Sweet Child of Mine at the karaoke.
3 more examples
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.
2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Danish skråle
- skrålebelt out
Polish wyśpiewywać, wyśpiewać
- wyśpiewywaćbelt out
- wyśpiewaćbelt out
Cite this entry
belt out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belt%20out
“belt out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belt%20out. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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