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/ˈbɛltɪŋ/ · adjective
(Northern English dialect) Very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially).
You'll have a belting time!
She cooks belting good food.
He said recent nail-biting finals had renewed interest in the end-of-season contests, after a series of one-sided beltings earlier this decade.
I could hear you perfectly all the way in the back of the audience! I wish my belting were as good as yours.
Traditionally belting was used by certain character roles in musicals, usually the funny, quirky or feisty female roles.
Kristin Vigard was originally chosen to play Annie, but after only a few performances, she was replaced by Andrea McArdle, who gave the role a tougher veneer (reminiscent of the Our Gang kids) while conveying vulnerability without sentimentality. And McArdle's belting exceeded everyone's wildest imagination. She transformed the writers' initial conception of Annie as a spirited but vocally average little girl into a Broadway diva.
Use belting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Belting means (Northern English dialect) Very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially).
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You'll have a belting time!
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