belt out
English
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[edit]belt out (third-person singular simple present belts out, present participle belting out, simple past and past participle belted out)
- (informal, transitive) To sing (a song) loudly; to emit (music) loudly.
- He belted out Sweet Child of Mine at the karaoke.
- 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.
- 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[1]:
- 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.
- (slang, transitive) To hit or strike (something).
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[edit]belt out
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