# noun. - a strip of leather or other material worn around the waist or across the chest, especially in order to support clothes or carry weapons. * a sword belt - a continuous band of material used in machinery for transferring motion from one wheel to another. * a great wheel driven by a leather belt - a strip or encircling band of something having a specified nature or composition that is different from its surroundings. * the asteroid belt - a heavy blow. * she ran in to administer a good belt with her stick
# verb. - fasten with a belt. * she belted her raincoat firmly - hit (someone or something) hard. * she belted him over the head with her racquet - move quickly in a specified direction. * they belted along the empty road