belting
Loud singer's technique
Belting is material used to make belts, especially the heavy-duty kind for industrial machinery.
It also names a powerful singing technique that projects from the chest voice rather than the head: She was belting out show tunes.
Informally, a belting is a beating or thrashing, and in British slang, belting means excellent: That was a belting performance.
Striking the buttocks
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- whippingRepeated striking blows
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- lashingBeating or binding
smacking · discipline · strap · switch · caning · corporal · walloping · hiding
Vocal music-making
- powerhouseSource of great energy
- balladNarrative poem or song
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- anthemOfficial song of praise
Broadway · showstopper · chorus · soprano · tenor · alto · projection · vibrato
Tanned animal skin
- webbingTough woven strap material
- nylonSynthetic textile polymer
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
polyester · suede · woven · stitched · reinforced · buckle · riveted · braided
Mechanism that transports items
- assemblyConstructing from components
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- transmissionSending of information
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
drive · tensioner · roller · timing · serpentine · mechanical · friction · alignment
spanking
Striking the buttocks
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- whippingRepeated striking blows
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
lashing · smacking · discipline · strap · switch · caning · corporal · walloping · hiding · tanning
singing
Vocal music-making
- powerhouseSource of great energy
- balladNarrative poem or song
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
anthem · Broadway · showstopper · chorus · soprano · tenor · alto · projection · vibrato · crescendo
leather
Tanned animal skin
rubber · polyester · suede · woven · stitched · reinforced · buckle · riveted · braided · elastic
conveyor
Mechanism that transports items
- assemblyConstructing from components
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- transmissionSending of information
pulley · drive · tensioner · roller · timing · serpentine · mechanical · friction · alignment · synchronous
racing
Speed competition sport
- tearingForcibly separating material
- zoomingFast movement or magnification
- hurtlingMoving dangerously fast
speeding · careening · barreling · rushing · dashing · flying · sprinting · charging · streaking · blazing
- Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
- singingsoprano, lead vocals, vocalist, alto, backing vocals
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
- music expressionsmusic to my ears, in tune, out of tune, play it by ear, strike a chord
- musicianshipsinging, playing, performing, practicing, harmonizing
- singing activitieskaraoke, choir, humming, caroling, serenading
beltingfalsetto
Artificially elevated singing register
head voice · whispering · crooning · soft singing · humming
beltingunbelting
Removing a fastened strap
unbuckling · unfastening · loosening · releasing · undoing
- belting outSinging with great force
belt, belts, belted, seatbelt, seatbelts, beltway, unbelted, beltless, belter