"below the belt" meaning in All languages combined

See below the belt on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

IPA: /bɪˈləʊ ðiː bɛlt/ [UK], /bəˈloʊ ðə bɛlt/ [US] Audio: en-au-below the belt.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} below the belt, {{en-prep phrase}} below the belt
  1. (boxing) Of a punch, landing illegally, below the opponent's waist. Categories (topical): Boxing Derived forms: hit below the belt, most common verb form Related terms: low blow, under one's belt Translations ((boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist): onder de gordel (Dutch), vyön alle (Finnish), unter der Gürtellinie (German), övön alul (Hungarian), övön aluli (Hungarian), undir beltisstað (Icelandic), buille íseal [masculine] (Irish), poniżej pasa (Polish), ни́же пояса (níže pojasa) (Russian), under bältet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-below_the_belt-en-prep_phrase-KNp8ZFn9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war Disambiguation of "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist": 96 4
  2. (by extension, idiomatic) Unfair; dirty; not according to the generally accepted rules. Tags: broadly, idiomatic Translations (unfair; not according to the rules): onder de gordel (Dutch), vyön alle (Finnish), déloyal (French), en dessous de la ceinture (French), unter der Gürtellinie (German), övön alul (Hungarian), övön aluli (Hungarian), undir beltisstað (Icelandic), scorretto (Italian), ни́же пояса (níže pojasa) (Russian), under bältet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-below_the_belt-en-prep_phrase-IiDHcvjd Disambiguation of 'unfair; not according to the rules': 2 98

Download JSON data for below the belt meaning in All languages combined (5.2kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "below the belt",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "below the belt",
      "name": "en-prep phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Boxing",
          "orig": "en:Boxing",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "word": "hit below the belt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "word": "most common verb form"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a punch, landing illegally, below the opponent's waist."
      ],
      "id": "en-below_the_belt-en-prep_phrase-KNp8ZFn9",
      "links": [
        [
          "boxing",
          "boxing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "punch",
          "punch"
        ],
        [
          "illegal",
          "illegal"
        ],
        [
          "below",
          "below"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "waist",
          "waist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(boxing) Of a punch, landing illegally, below the opponent's waist."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "word": "low blow"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "word": "under one's belt"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "boxing",
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
          "word": "onder de gordel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
          "word": "vyön alle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
          "word": "unter der Gürtellinie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
          "word": "övön alul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
          "word": "övön aluli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
          "word": "undir beltisstað"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "buille íseal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
          "word": "poniżej pasa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "níže pojasa",
          "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
          "word": "ни́же пояса"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
          "word": "under bältet"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Commenting on his bachelorhood in a debate on marital ethics was a bit below the belt, don't you think?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unfair; dirty; not according to the generally accepted rules."
      ],
      "id": "en-below_the_belt-en-prep_phrase-IiDHcvjd",
      "links": [
        [
          "Unfair",
          "unfair"
        ],
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, idiomatic) Unfair; dirty; not according to the generally accepted rules."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "onder de gordel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "vyön alle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "déloyal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "en dessous de la ceinture"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "unter der Gürtellinie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "övön alul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "övön aluli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "undir beltisstað"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "scorretto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "níže pojasa",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "ни́же пояса"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
          "word": "under bältet"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈləʊ ðiː bɛlt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈloʊ ðə bɛlt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-below the belt.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/En-au-below_the_belt.ogg/En-au-below_the_belt.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-au-below_the_belt.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "below the belt"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English prepositional phrases",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hit below the belt"
    },
    {
      "word": "most common verb form"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "below the belt",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "below the belt",
      "name": "en-prep phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "low blow"
    },
    {
      "word": "under one's belt"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Boxing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a punch, landing illegally, below the opponent's waist."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boxing",
          "boxing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "punch",
          "punch"
        ],
        [
          "illegal",
          "illegal"
        ],
        [
          "below",
          "below"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "waist",
          "waist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(boxing) Of a punch, landing illegally, below the opponent's waist."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "boxing",
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Commenting on his bachelorhood in a debate on marital ethics was a bit below the belt, don't you think?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unfair; dirty; not according to the generally accepted rules."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unfair",
          "unfair"
        ],
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, idiomatic) Unfair; dirty; not according to the generally accepted rules."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈləʊ ðiː bɛlt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈloʊ ðə bɛlt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-below the belt.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/En-au-below_the_belt.ogg/En-au-below_the_belt.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-au-below_the_belt.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
      "word": "onder de gordel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
      "word": "vyön alle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
      "word": "unter der Gürtellinie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
      "word": "övön alul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
      "word": "övön aluli"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
      "word": "undir beltisstað"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buille íseal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
      "word": "poniżej pasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "níže pojasa",
      "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
      "word": "ни́же пояса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist",
      "word": "under bältet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "onder de gordel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "vyön alle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "déloyal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "en dessous de la ceinture"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "unter der Gürtellinie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "övön alul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "övön aluli"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "undir beltisstað"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "scorretto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "níže pojasa",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "ни́же пояса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unfair; not according to the rules",
      "word": "under bältet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "below the belt"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.