belting

noun

belt·​ing ˈbel-tiŋ How to pronounce belting (audio)
1
: belts
2
: material for belts

Examples of belting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Depending on height, shoppers vary between using it as a blouse or dress, with some belting or layering it, as preferred. Grace Smith, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024 Their voices join in an ocean of crooning, wailing and belting that swells nightly from dance floors in places like the old-school Mel-O-Dee Cocktails in El Cerrito, Effie’s in Campbell, the Mint in San Francisco and dozens of celebrated others. John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024 Leading lady Eden Espinosa gives it her all, gamely delivering all of Gould’s unnecessary belting and Kreitzer’s leaden dialogue. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024 The 22-year-old’s warm tone and emotive belting earned her a swift four-chair turn from the coaches. USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024 Early albums like Blue Moon and Dream Walkin’ are filled with heartbroken belting and tearful power ballads that practically beg for placement on the soundtrack of a Jerry Bruckheimer production. Nadine Smith, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024 As the aged mom, Megan Mulally does her whole performance with a kind of an elderly lisp thing, albeit with moments of belting breaking through that. Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023 As a result, there’s a void in the center of this show that gets filled instead by the more sympathetic secondary characters whose songs virtually all conclude with big belting finishes that drew the biggest audience responses on opening night. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023 Like its predecessor, Guts is filled with bratty pop-punk bangers, hooky alt-rock homages, and introspective piano ballads with room for belting. Quinn Moreland, Pitchfork, 8 Sep. 2023

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'belting.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Word History

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of belting was in 1567

Dictionary Entries Near belting

Cite this Entry

“Belting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belting. Accessed 23 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

belting

noun
belt·​ing ˈbel-tiŋ How to pronounce belting (audio)
: material for making belts
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!