belted (down)

verb

past tense of belt (down)
as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form I belted down a can of soda and rushed back out to the game

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belted (down)
  1. sipped
  2. drank
  3. gulped
Verb
  • As the two young women talked, the thirty-five-year-old man sipped the icemelt at the bottom of his glass.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Inside, Rodríguez Castro sipped an Aperol spritz, then moved on to a California red wine not on the menu.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of sipped
Verb
  • The company behind the beer Sam Adams told NBC Boston its Boston Taproom ran out of Samuel Adams Boston Lager one weekend because of the Tartan Army, which drank four times as much beer as is consumed on a typical four-day weekend.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 July 2026
  • Instead, James drank wine, entertained recruiting pitches and served up a whole lot of nothing.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of drank
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of gulped
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“Belted (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belted%20%28down%29. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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