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beatingest

beatingest adjective: that beats or surpasses all others, in a positive or negative sense; most extreme, remarkable, or unusual.

Adjective

beatingest (not comparable)

  1. (US, regional) That beats or surpasses all others, in a positive or negative sense; most extreme, remarkable, or unusual.
    • If that ain't the beatingest thing I ever heard.1996, Karen Cushman, The Ballad of Lucy Whipple, page 67
    • “Oh, Jed, it's the beatingest idea I've heard. Truly.”2013, Tanya Hanson, Midnight Bride

Forms of beatingest

alternative formbeatenest
alternative formbeatinest
alternative formbeatin'est

Questions about beatingest

What does beatingest mean?
Beatingest means that beats or surpasses all others, in a positive or negative sense; most extreme, remarkable, or unusual.
What part of speech is beatingest?
Beatingest is an adjective.

Words near beatingest in the dictionary

  1. beating up
  2. beating up on
  3. beating with the ugly stick
  4. beating-heart transplant
  5. beating-heart transplants
  6. beatingest
  7. beatings
  8. beatitude
  9. beatitudes
  10. beatize
  11. beatized

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