- belt up phrasal
- verb (I) BrE spoken used to tell someone rudely to be quiet: Belt up, for Christ's sake!
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
belt up phrasal
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belt — belt1 [ belt ] noun count ** 1. ) a narrow piece of leather, cloth, etc. that you wear around your waist, for example to keep your clothes in place or for decoration: a leather/plastic belt put on/fasten a belt a ) in some types of MARTIAL ART… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
belt up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms belt up : present tense I/you/we/they belt up he/she/it belts up present participle belting up past tense belted up past participle belted up 1) to put on a seat belt in a car 2) (will you) belt up British… … English dictionary
belt up — PHRASAL VERB If someone tells you to belt up, they are telling you in a very impolite way to stop talking. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P] Chambers waved his hand. Belt up! he snapped … English dictionary
belt down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms belt down : present tense I/you/we/they belt down he/she/it belts down present participle belting down past tense belted down past participle belted down mainly American informal to drink alcoholic drinks… … English dictionary
belt out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms belt out : present tense I/you/we/they belt out he/she/it belts out present participle belting out past tense belted out past participle belted out informal to shout or sing something loudly, or to play… … English dictionary
belt out — PHRASAL VERB If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly. [INFORMAL] [V P n] He held a three hour family Karaoke session in his hotel, belting out Sinatra and Beatles hits. [Also V n P] … English dictionary
ˌbelt sth ˈout — phrasal verb informal to sing something loudly … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
ˌbelt ˈup — phrasal verb British impolite used for telling someone to be quiet … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
belt — belt1 W3S2 [belt] n [: Old English;] 1.) a band of leather, cloth etc that you wear around your waist to hold up your clothes or for decoration ▪ He unbuckled his leather belt. 2.) a large area of land that has particular features or where… … Dictionary of contemporary English
belt — [[t]be̱lt[/t]] ♦♦♦ belts, belting, belted 1) N COUNT A belt is a strip of leather or cloth that you fasten round your waist. → See also , seat belt He wore a belt with a large brass buckle. 2) N COUNT A belt in a machine is a circular strip of… … English dictionary
