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Belting

//ˈbɛltɪŋ// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially) Northern-English, dialectal, not-comparable

    "You'll have a belting time!"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    A beating with a belt.
  2. 2
    the material of which belts are made wordnet
  3. 3
    A thorough defeat; a thrashing. figuratively

    "He said recent nail-biting finals had renewed interest in the end-of-season contests, after a series of one-sided beltings earlier this decade."

  4. 4
    A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
  5. 5
    The material from which belts for machinery are made.
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  1. 6
    The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice. uncountable

    "I could hear you perfectly all the way in the back of the audience! I wish my belting were as good as yours."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of belt form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Borrowed from German Belting.

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