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belt

 
 
/belt/ verb informal

Translation

belt along/down/through, etc UK to move very fast
çok hızlı hareket etmek
He came belting down the street.1613
[T] to hit someone or something very hard
vurmak, dövmek, hızlıca vurmak
39583
belt sth out phrasal verb
to sing something very loudly
yüksek sesle şarkı söylemek,
10882370
belt up phrasal verb UK informal
used to tell someone to stop talking or making a noise
sesini kes', 'çeneni kapa' biçiminde uyarı
Just belt up, would you? I'm trying to concentrate.11421249
(Definition of belt verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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