belt

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. girdle, band; stripe; zone; circuit. —v. t. bind, encircle; gird; whip. See circularity, circumscription, impulse.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A long flexible strip]

Syn. sash, cummerbund, obi, cincture, girdle; see also band 1 .

2. [A distinctly defined area]

Syn. tract, region, zone; see area 2 .

• below the belt,

Syn. unfair, unsporting, foul, unjust; see unfair .

• tighten one's belt,

Syn. endure hunger, endure privation, be more frugal, retrench, cut back; see also economize , endure 2 .

• under one's belt*,

Syn. past, achieved, completed; see done 1 , finished 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

band, sash, girdle, strap, cord, thong, cinch, cummerbund.

II

v.

hit, smack, wallop, thrash, beat, whip.

see beat

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A part of the earth's surface: area, district, locality, neighborhood, quarter, region, tract, zone. Informal: neck of the woods. See TERRITORY. 2. Slang. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: bang, blow2, clout, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug3, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop. Informal: bash, biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang: conk, paste. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 3. Slang. An act of drinking or the amount swallowed: draft, drink, potation, pull, quaff, sip, sup, swill. Informal: swig. See MOUTH. II verb 1. To encircle with or as if with a band: band1, begird, cincture, compass, encompass, engirdle, gird, girdle, girt, ring1. Archaic: engird. See EDGE. 2. Slang. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply: bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop1, slam, slog, slug3, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. Informal: biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang: conk, paste. Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 3. Slang. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid): drink, imbibe, pull on, quaff, sip, sup. Informal: swig, toss down (or off). Idiom: wet one's whistle. See MOUTH.