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In some senses, beaut is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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.