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. Also: you 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

He first saw the ship in October 1941 resting at anchor in Pearl Harbor, and what a beaut — long and towering, capable of 20 knots, with a complement of 1,200 sailors.

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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.

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

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

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

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Related Words

• attractive 
• bright 
• brilliant 
• colorful 
• dazzling 
• delightful 
• elegant 
• exquisite 
• glorious 
• good-looking 
• handsome 
• impressive 
• lavish 
• lovely 
• luxurious 
• opulent 
• pleasing 
• ravishing 
• splendid 
• stunning