belty

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adjective

Sung using a chest voice above the singer's break or passaggio.

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Meanings

adjectivebelty (comparative more belty, superlative most belty)

comparative more belty · superlative most belty

  1. Sung using a chest voice above the singer's break or passaggio.

    I recognize now that my voice was changing in middle school because singing in my chest voice was easy (especially in a belty fashion) but singing anything moderately high was challenging.

    2019, Bridget Sweet, Thinking Outside the Voice Box, page 161

Origin

From belt + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Letby
Cite this entry
APA

belty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belty

MLA

“belty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belty. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “belty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belty.

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