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In some senses, beaut is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
real
VERB + BEAUT
ain't, mistake
BEAUT + NOUN
an', cat, it's
noun
Something or someone that is physically attractive.
That new car of yours is a real beaut.
Something that is a remarkable example of its type.
Bruno lifted his left hand out of the bucket in order to point out to Catfoot a lump, the size of a darning egg, over his left eye. […] "Ain't it a beaut, Cat? It's where he butted me."
In his most famous quip, La Guardia once remarked, “When I make a mistake it's a beaut!”
adj
Beautiful, splendid.
An' there was posies all round Jim, He had a bran new suit, The first un that he ever had, An' everything was beaut. An' when the preacher told 'bout Jim— How ' twas he got the swipe— I saw most all them dandy swells A feelin' fer a wipe.
It was beaut to have him home again, and gee, you should have seen the bike he bought me from Paris. From the same factory as his own was made.
noun — an outstanding example of its kind
That new car of yours is a real beaut.
WiktionaryBruno lifted his left hand out of the bucket in order to point out to Catfoot a lump, the size of a darning egg, over his left eye. […] "Ain't it a beaut, Cat? It's where he butted me."
WiktionaryIn his most famous quip, La Guardia once remarked, “When I make a mistake it's a beaut!”
WiktionaryAn' there was posies all round Jim, He had a bran new suit, The first un that he ever had, An' everything was beaut. An' when the preacher told 'bout Jim— How ' twas he got the swipe— I saw most all t
WiktionaryIt was beaut to have him home again, and gee, you should have seen the bike he bought me from Paris. From the same factory as his own was made.
WiktionaryShe was very motherly towards me then and it was beaut. Before I was eighteen, there just wasn't any kind words. All I wanted to do was get away from there.
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In some senses, beaut is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.