beaut

[ byoot ]

noun

, Informal.

1. (often used ironically) a person or thing that is beautiful, remarkable, or amazing: The storm is coming, and it’ll be a beaut!

   I've dated some beauts in my time.

   The storm is coming, and it’ll be a beaut!

beaut

/ bjuːt /

noun

1. a person or thing that is outstanding or distinctive
2. a kind, friendly, or trustworthy person

adjective

1. good or excellent

interjection

1. Alsoyou beaut! an exclamation of joy or pleasure

Word History and Origins

Origin of beaut¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1865–70; by shortening of beauty

Example Sentences

As rants go this one's a real beaut, such a furnace blast that another student records it on her phone and quickly circulates it through the campus.

From Salon

I visited Rodriguez with the hopes of seeing a rusty bumper transform into a shimmering beaut.

From Los Angeles Times

“When I make a mistake, it’s a beaut.”

From Washington Post

He took the drop in the straw outside the hostile foliage and whacked a beaut from 255 yards almost directly at the pin.

From Washington Post

These spring beauts look like they require way more work and finesse than they actually do.

From Salon

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