belt out en · VERB
Meanings
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(informal, transitive) To sing (a song) loudly; to emit (music) loudly.
He belted out Sweet Child of Mine at the karaoke.
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:The jukebox belted out tunes from the fifties, and waiters shouted food orders to the cooks behind the enormous steel counter.
Lively show tunes being belted out by the pianist on the grand piano.
- (slang, transitive) To hit or strike (something).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| belting out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| belts out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| belted out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| belted out | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (3)
pl wyśpiewać (belt out) · da skråle (belt out) · pl wyśpiewywać (belt out)